Halloween origins from the Celtic holiday Samhain which over centuries turned from a pagan ritual to a week of costumed parties, trick-or-treating and jack-o-lanterns. Whereas adults tend to celebrate Halloween with costumes and parties, children often walk from door to door in their neighbourhood, dressed as witches, ghosts or vampires, to ask homeowners for treats,Continue reading “‘Trick Or Treat’ – Happy Halloween”
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Peek: Raglan Castle – photo challenge
This week’s photo challenge of the daily post was ‘peek’ – showing a glimpse of something that might awake curiosity. A very different way to approach this photo challenge is showing smaller parts of a bigger building as I learned a while ago in my art class at school. Very often, architecture and buildings areContinue reading “Peek: Raglan Castle – photo challenge”
Rounded: pumpkin for Halloween – photo challenge
This weeks photo challenge of the Daily Post had the topic ‘rounded‘. A perfect topic for today – Halloween 🙂 Walking through the street and stores, there are pumpkins everywhere. The mainly orange coloured roundly shaped vegetables are not only delicious to eat, but also used for a very special tradition around this time ofContinue reading “Rounded: pumpkin for Halloween – photo challenge”
Christmas Special – 4th Advent: Christmas tree and Advent wreath
It’s the fourth Advent and nearly Christmas. All four candles of the Advent wreath are burning, symbolising the end of the waiting time. But why is one candle lit every week? At the time when there was no electricity, the rooms were dark without the light of the candles during the moody and darkContinue reading “Christmas Special – 4th Advent: Christmas tree and Advent wreath”
Christmas Special – 2nd Advent: Christmas cookies
I hope you all had a great 2nd Advent today! As I already wrote last week there are many things that should not be missed during this time of the year. The Christmas time is full of traditions and rites – this week’s tradition that makes the Christmas time even more special are Christmas cookies.Continue reading “Christmas Special – 2nd Advent: Christmas cookies”
Halloween
Every year on the same day, the 31st October, creepy creatures and spooky creatures appear on the streets and chant ‘trick or treats’. It’s Halloween! Originally, it was the Celtic New Year’s day, ‘Samhain’ that was celebrated since five hundred AD. People thought it was the time when the souls of the dead returned toContinue reading “Halloween”
A Special Time Creative 