It's Halloween!
Origins are somewhat sketchy:
Some say roots are found in the Celtic holiday "Samhain",a pretty important day in medieval Ireland and Scotland to celebrate the end of summer. They believed this, the last day of autumn, was also the day in which the natural and supernatural worlds were closest. To ward off negative spirits they built bonfire and offered animal and human sacrifices to appease the gods.
Others will say the origins of Halloween go further back, to Parentalia, a 9 day ancient-Roman festival of the dead and ancestors.
Wherever and however it originally came about, there's no question Halloween has been hugely affected by religion, culture and time. One of the biggest influences on Halloween was All Saints Day, the Roman Catholic holiday (later adopted by certain western protestants) to celebrate the Saints, all Saints, on November 1.
But Halloween as we know it today has pretty much little to nothing in common with the origins. That's okay... I have fun dressing up in costumes, getting free candy, drinking cider, carving pumpkins, bonfires, haystacks, scary movies and haunted houses, corn mazes, scaring people, and adopting black kitties!
I know Panic! At the Disco isn't everyone's cup of tea...but they have some awesome Halloween songs, and really how many good bands do that? You have to respect. He's some links if you want some jams for today to get you in the spooky mood:
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