Words
have power, and not only for the children we serve.
This Halloween and every holiday, don't blindly follow tradition. Read up.
2,000 years ago, Halloween began as the Celtic New Year's Eve. The festival of Samhain celebrated the end of the summer harvest and the beginning of winter.
This
marked a transition from life to death, so Celts believed the dead roamed the earth.
They wore masks to disguise themselves from evil spirits, and left candles and "treats" on their doorstep for deceased family members.
To ease fears of winter's cold, darkness, illness and death, t
hey did
"tricks" to tell the future. How will you celebrate this ancient Celtic New Year?