It's going to be a nice night for trick-or-treating. I have 4 bags of candy, hopefully that's plenty. Of course I buy our favorites: Hershey milk chocolate, Reese's peanut butter cups and Mounds bars "just in case" there's any leftovers.
Halloween, the most pagan of holidays, comes from a Celtic festival called Samhain, marking the start of winter and the final harvest. Animals were slaughtered and people started to hunker down in the dark. Eventually, November 1 became known as All Saints' Day or All Hallows' Day, honoring all the Christian saints and martyrs. All Soul's Day (The Day of the Dead) is on November 2.
John Fogerty wrote "Bad Moon Rising," a big hit single for Credence Clearwater Revival. It's classic rockabilly with a inkling of doom. The lyrics were inspired by old black-and-white 1941 film called The Devil And Daniel Webster, shot in that spooky film noir way. We watched it a while back-- a good devil story, if there ever was one.
Happy Halloween!
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