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ALL HALLOW'S EVE  

The beginning of November marks the festival known as Samhain. Also called All Hallow's Eve, Hallowe'en and the Day of the Dead, Samhain marks the third harvest festival, the end of fall and the beginning of winter, and the New Year of Neo-Pagans.

Halloween, or All Hallow's Eve, often brings about images of trick or treaters and spooky decorations. Still, the holiday is a sinister one to some groups who try to ban the celebration of the holiday.

Overview of the folklore associated with certain herbs and their relationship to All Hallow's Eve.

Buying a ready-made Halloween costume is cheap and easy, but not very much fun. Spend a little time and only a little money designing that special disguise this All Hallow's Eve.

If you have kids and live in Texas there are plenty of Halloween functions to go around:

Rituals draw many to both Wicca and Witchcraft. What is a ritual? That all depends on which type of ritual that you are talking about.

Beware the ‘razor blade in the apple', and fear the possibility of eating adulterated candy is the message promoted by retailers, and this is the most pervasive of all corporate lies; there is little or no substance to this tenacious urban myth.

Christmas has Santa, Easter has the rabbit, St. Pat's has the leprechaun, now Halloween has---Captain Halloween!!

This collection of simple, fun dishes is sure to delight your guests on Halloween - especially the kids. Some of the food looks kind of gross, but it's all delicious. There is enough food here to fill a table. Drinks and dessert included!

You don't need to go trick-or-treating to have a great Halloween. All you need is a DVD player.

Everyone has heard the superstition, or is it a fact, that garlic (the "foul-smelling rose") is notorious for its effectiveness in warding off vampires. Here are some other interesting beliefs in the power of this pungent herb.

Halloween has changed dramatically over the years. Originally a Celtic celebration of the New Year, it has transformed into a holiday with evil connotations.

Samhain, the traditional Celtic holiday, literally means "summer's end."

Many people tout Halloween III: Season of the Witch as being the worst in the series. I disagree. Here's why.

Everyone has their list of the greatest horror films, and these lists are extremely diverse. So instead of reading another list of greatest films, check out this list of ten films you may have never heard of.

The Halloween Trick or Treat Times for 2007 in the Henry County, Quad-City Illinois and some Iowa are as follows.

The shift from sprituality to recreation seems to be permeating our culture - for better or worse.

Samhain is a holiday that celebrates the dark season of the Celtic year. Gallic people also celebrated this holiday; which was called "Samonios". Samonios has been replaced in Gallic countries by Christian celebrations.

Some interesting background information how two very similar holidays at the same time can be celebrated in two such vastly different ways.

Presents a short look at the ancient festival of Samhain, it's leaders the Druids and it's people the Celtics. Also shows some of the background for Halloween's annual cast of popular ghoulish characters and traditions.

Halloween, festival of the dead. . .or is it?

Halloween is one of those great celebrations children and adults alike look forward to year after year. Take part in Halloweens fun times.

This is an article describing the basic beliefs of Celtic Wiccan and Christian Halloween and Celebrations.

An overview of how some of the traditions associated with Halloween, such as jack o'lanterns, costumes and trick-or-treating, first got their start.

Fun and spooky Halloween events for the whole family.

Halloween conjures up images of jack-o-lanterns, ghosts, witches, sweet treats, and children dressed in costumes for an evening of trick-or-treating. Millions happily participate in Halloween traditions each year, but what are the origins of the holiday?

This is a real horror story. Please do not read if you are easily upset.

Want that 1,000 dollar Darth Vader costume but can't afford it. Well, what it if you could get it for $300 less?

Are you thinking about attending Utah State University, but lost as to what there may be to do in such a rural place in Utah? Don't fret, because what you may not know is that Utah State University is quite the happening university!

To most people in this country, Halloween is a fun holiday and little to no thought is actually given to its pagan origins.

There are many things about the Christmas holiday that have absolutely nothing to do with the Christian faith.

A poem about Halloween.

A long epic poem inspired by the Lemax Spooky Town building collection

Several years have passed - it's 1987 - and there is "New Age" mania in America (in portions of it, anyway). In the state of Florida, one of the nation's largest actual Spiritualist communities, Cassadaga, outside Deland, enjoys the notoriety - mostly.

Here are a few hints and suggestions for throwing a great Halloween bash this year.

If you're looking to see a unique pumpkin carving event, look no further than Chadds Ford's annual Great Pumpkin Carve.

Sure, Halloween should be scary, but the candy you get shouldn't be.

Halloween went from being the day before the festival of All Saints Day to being worshiped by modern pagans and devil worshipers. Should you allow your children to paticipate?

The paper examines the archetypal symbolism critical to an understanding of James Joyce's "Clay." In the paper, the main characters connection to both Mother Mary and Pagan Witchcraft are discussed.

It's all Hallow's eve and there's a serial killer on the loose. Will this be the year they catch him?

Here are some up-to-the-minute spooky celebration ideas for Texas:

Ideas for Christians on Halloween.

The Pensacola Intl. Film Festival willl feature over 20 films, including Jesus Camp.

Evil clowns! Demonic possession! Cannibalistic rednecks!

The many tales of Halloween and what the symbols mean.

Using Halloween as an example Dr. Muriel gives her take on the Law of Effect.

33 things you might not have know about Holloween

Moving the date of Halloween from October 31st to the last Saturday of the month will have to gain and little to lose.