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All Hallows Eve

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Scene: Hosts Christina Osburn and Paul O’Connor at their Annual Halloween Fest. Around the corner and through the woods guests flew, swam, and hovered in to celebrate on a cool fall evening full of spirited delights. The mood was fun and happy as the costumed characters and party goers cheered the evening on with conversations, drinks, treats, and […]

All Hallows’ Eve

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Scene: Hallowe’en, a Scottish term which is a contraction of All Hallows’ Eve, from about 1745. A Christianized feast influenced by the Celtic harvest festival of Samhain. Folklorists have also detected its origins in the Roman feast of Pomona, the goddess of fruits and seeds, or in the festival of the dead called Parentalia. Dressing up in costumes and going “guising” was […]