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So You Trick or Treaters Don't Know The True Meaning Of Halloween?
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Over 2, 000 years ago, the Celts celebrated a holiday they called Samhain (pronounced "Sa-wan"). Samhain was the name of the God of Death. Now you would think that a God of Death would be a nasty guy everyday. Well that may be true to the living but not necessarily to the dead. On the last day of October, (when the harvest season had ended and the days were getting shorter and colder) the God Samhain allowed the souls of the dead to visit the homes they once lived in.
Now this was a scary night for the Celts. On that night they would leave their homes and gather together in a field. Once at the field they would build a huge bonfire, this fire was as big as a torcher errrr tool shed, to scare away all the evil spirits and any ghost, goblins, or any other demons that may be roaming around in the night. I remember those times well. It was fun scaring those Celts silly! Oh how I miss those times. I'd go visit my own home that I once lived in but it is now a McDonald's. |
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The holiday of Samhian was an ancestor of the Halloween of today. Although it was not called
Halloween at first. When the Romans first conquered the Celts in the first century A.D., they added parts of two of their own festivals:
Feralia, a festival held to honor the dead, and Poloma, named after the Roman Goddess of fruit and trees.
Well eventually the Celt religion was replaced by Christianity. Somewhere around 800 A.D. the Christian church declared November 1st as All Saints' Day to
honor all the Saints who did not have a special day of their own. On this occasion people made their old customs from Samhain and the Roman festivals part of the All Saints' Day rituals. The Catholic church also made November 2nd All Souls' Day to
honor the dead.
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The mass said on All Saints' Day was known as
Allhallowmas. The evening before, October 31st became known as All Hallow Eve. Over time the name has been shortened to Halloween.
So to sum this story up, basically I now have 3 days in which to roam the earth scaring people as opposed to the old one night I once had. I would like to take this time to thank all the Christians for their generosity.
Have a wonderful
Halloweenie,,,,,, its my favorite Holiday of the year!!!
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NOW, OUR OCTOBER DRINKS
| RED
WITCH
1 shot Pernod®
liqueur
1 pint cider
blackcurrant cordial
Put Pernod in a pint glass. Fill almost to the top with cider and add the
blackcurrant. |
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| FRISKY
WITCH
1 part sambuca
1 part vodka
Stir into glass over ice, and
enjoy. |
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| HAPPY
HALLOWEEN MY PRETTIES
2 cl Jagermeister® herbal liqueur
2 cl peppermint schnapps
Coca-Cola®
Half fill highball glass with ice. Pour one shot of Jagermeister over ice. Repeat with Peppermint Schnapps. Top up with
Coke. |
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WITCHES
BREW
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3/4 oz Midori® melon liqueur
3/4 oz Chambord® raspberry liqueur
3/4 oz Captain Morgan® spiced rum |
1 1/2 oz pineapple juice
1 1/2 oz cranberry juice
2 Gummi Worms |
Garnish: Two Gummi Worms slithering out of glass. Add 1/2 scoop of ice and all ingredients into cocktail shaker. Shake well. Strain into glass with fresh ice. |
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| HALLOWEEN
HAVOK
750 ml Absolut® peach vodka
750 ml Everclear® alcohol
64 oz Red Bull® energy drink
2 Mountain Dew® citrus soda
1 Mr & Mrs T Mai Tai Mix
Mix and serve in a Home Depot
Bucket |
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| HALLOWEEN
SLIMER
1 white tequila
1 shot peach schnapps
1 shot Midori® melon liqueur
Fill with pineapple juice natural, unsweetened
Shake and pour over ice. If you use sweetened pineapple juice it's too sweet to take. |
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BLACKBEARDS
GHOST
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1 oz coconut rum
1 oz dark rum
1 oz light rum
1 oz grapefruit juice |
1 oz orange juice
1 oz mango syrup
1/4 oz molasses |
Shake ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Strain into a highball glass over ice and garnish with a cherry. |
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MIGHTY
GHOST
1 oz Jack Daniel's® Tennessee whiskey
2 oz vanilla rum
5 oz cream soda
Fill a 16 oz. glass with ice add 1 shot Jack Daniel's, 2 shots Vanilla Rum and top with Cream soda. |
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NON-ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGES
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PUNCH
grape juice, soda,
orange sherbet, lime sherbet
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Use grape juice and a variety of carbonated soft drinks (club soda, ginger ale, lemon-lime, etc). Mix them in a punch bowl.
Take scoops of the orange and lime sherbet and float them in the punch. Let them melt a little, so that a nasty film spreads all over the top of the punch. (There should still be "bubbles" in it in the form of sherbet scoops.)
Looks horrible, tastes just fine. |
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WARM
WITHES BLOOD.....
4 cups cranberry-apple juice
2 cups orange juice
3 - 4 berries, allspice |
1 tsp cloves
1 cinnamon stick
1 - 2 tbsp sugar |
Bring to a boil in a saucepan and reduce heat to simmer. Simmer gently for 15 minutes, stirring and muttering appropriate incantations. Serve in ghoulish glasses, garnish with an orange slice if desired. |
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| SASSY
SUN WITCH
1 oz Strega® herbal liqueur
3/4 oz white creme de cacao
1 oz whipping cream
3/4 oz orange juice
Shake and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a slice of orange, and serve. |
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