4 good reasons for celebrating Halloween also in Italy!

Hi, guys!

Here are 4 good reasons to celebrate Halloween also in Italy:

1. Halloween is simply an occasion to have fun and organize parties with friends! It is like any other celebration, when people just party together…

2. You think that Halloween is only a waste of money? Well, for the same reason you should not celebrate Carnival, New Year’s day, St Valentine’s day, Lady Day, mid-August holiday, Mother’s/ Father’s day,…Nor should you buy presents for Christmas! What a flat life!!!In addition, you don't necessarely have to spend a lot of money in order to celebrate Halloween!

3. If you believe that Halloween is another example of Europe americanization, you should bear in mind that…Halloween is NOT an American celebration; it has European origins and was exported to America by the Celts around the 1840s (click here for a brief history of Halloween).

4. From a religious point of view, it is a pagan tradition! Yes, obviously it’s up to you to celebrate it or not, but nowadays most people who celebrate Halloween don’t care about its origins or religious implications. By chance, do you know that also Carnival seems to have pagan origins? If you are curious click here. However, Halloween has obviously lost its original meaning, and now it's only a day when kids, teenagers or even adults enjoy themselves dressing up, carving their Jack-O’-Lantern or doing ‘trick or treat’! What still remains, maybe, is the appeal for death, horror, spooks, mysteries,…

All the same, it’s important to know the significance of Halloween symbols and its history and to have a bit of cultural awareness! So please read something about its origins, there are so many sites dedicated to this celebration:

http://www.halloween.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween

http://www.holidays.net/halloween/

http://www.history.com/minisites/halloween/

http://wilstar.com/holidays/hallown.htm

Do you agree with me?

I look forward to reading your comments!

Bye, bye!

Elena