vida
Today is Halloween. Although I do not celebrate, I still place a pumpkin on the window sill. Why cut pumpkins? The origin lies in the old Irish story of Stingly Jack or the story of the scrupulous Jack. He was so scrupulous that he traded and outwitted the devil himself, so God did not want to take him to heaven at death. The devil, however, was so angry with him that he was not even taken to hell and sent into the dark with a piece of glowing coal. Jack put the coal in the carved turnip and has been walking around with it ever since. In Ireland, legends have been made from beets, potatoes or beets, and have been placed in the surrounding area of the house on holiday. Pumpkins joined the tradition in the 16th century in the United States, and because of their size, they grasped faster than smaller turnips and potatoes.
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Are you celebrating Halloween?
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Do you have a carved pumpkin?
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We don’t celebrate it here, but the mpore holidays, the better.
Even in our country, this holiday is not popular.
I like the pumpkin face. Btw, any reason for the name change Vidocka? Any technical issue here?
I’m glad you like pumpkin. I have technical problems.
My God. So you had to register as a new user?
Yes, if I wanted to work (I can’t post on my old account for 19 days)
So sad. What on earth could cause this blackout? And for a seasoned author like you.
I’d also like to know what’s going on. But I don’t get a response from the admin. Thank you so much for your kind words
Thanks for sharing the story. We don’t celebrate Halloween. I carved a small pumpkin once, for my kids. I found out it’s really difficult to do so, then I handed it to my husband to complete the work. I wonder how others can carve so many big pumpkins and the pumpkins can still be so beautifully carved. 🙂
In our country this holiday is not popular. Only children celebrate. I admire the people who cut the pumpkins. It doesn’t work out for me best.
Found you at last Vidocka! but saw the name on one of Doc’s posts…Nice post here, in New Zealand we don’t as a tradition celebrate Halloween.
Some children go trick and treating with their parents this year I did not manage to buy sweets for them, but no children came here…
In our country this holiday is not popular. Only children celebrate.
Let’s see if twitter can help you out. It looks like you are at 51 views. I don’t know if it will do any good but I will try.
Thank you very much again.
I would have loved to go celebrate. My brother was too ill and I couldn’t walk at all, so we didn’t get to go visit our grandsons. It was a very hard day for me.
You’re welcome. i am happy to say something new.
Now I know the story of the beginning of this celebration. Thanks, Vida.
You’re welcome. I am happy to say something new.
I don’t celebrate any more but hope the kids enjoy.
Children enjoy it, though this holiday is not very popular in our country.
I enjoy carving pumpkins so I have several on the doorsteps at Halloween
I am glad you enjoy the celebration. This holiday is not popular in our country.
Very interesting. I do not celebrate Halloween but everybody talks about it.
There are not many celebrations in my country either. But there is a lot of talk just like you said.
We don’t celebrate Halloween.
There are not many celebrations in my country either.
I don’t celebrate Halloween. It is not a very popular holiday in my country.
There are not many celebrations in my country either. This holiday is not popular.
we don’t carve pumpkins anymore, but we still pass out candy to neighborhood kids!
In the place where I live we don’t celebrate Halloween (not even the kids). Celebrations are in big cities.
Halloween is a big deal in the US. I do often wonder if it isn’t just an excuse to go overboard.