Ghoulish Fun For All Ages With a Halloween Village

Sunday, August 23, 2009 ·

By James E. Antoine

People of all ages love Halloween, whether they're kids or adults. People of all ages dress up like crazy and scary characters. The youngsters get to go trick or treating for lots of sugary fantasies that they don't usually eat. It's a night to get scared by goblins and the living dead. Basically it's a night of frightening fun!

The Celtics originated Halloween on October 31st, which marks the end of the summer. Halloween is also the traditional marker for harvest, and a big celebration. The Celtics believe that the dead can come back to life on the night of October 31st, Halloween.

The living dead have been known to play tricks with the crops. They can cause illness to those who wronged them in life, or ruin their crops. Living in fear of these dead returning to life, people would provide gifts and offerings to the spirits by holding a bonfire celebration. These offerings are believed to satisfy the spirits. The Druids would predict the future with the help of these spirits, and the predictions were important to provide a sense of security and comfort through the long and cold winter months.

The name Halloween originated from All Hallows Eve, a Christian celebration. All Hallows Day is celebrated on November 1st, so of course Halloween is celebrated on October 31st. Many families today enjoy collecting small buildings and creating a diorama representing a Halloween Village. This village can grow over the years to include new buildings.

The Halloween village may have vampires and ghouls. They have zombie workers. They could even have ghost trains and ghost ships. Let your imagination fly with the creation of your Halloween village.

There may even be a Halloween village with your favorite cartoons as characters. You would set up the familiar village that they live in. and turn it into a dark and spooky place instead. You can look for these kind of collectibles if you want.

There are all kinds of websites today that have Halloween Village collectibles that you can add to your collection, or even start one. These websites usually have some unique figurines at very reasonable prices.

Halloween is a tradition that has allowed people to have a reason to enjoy. This is a tradition that is practice almost all over the world. It is full of fun and games. It would always be fun seeing the little ghouls and ghosts knocking on doors for treats. Now, that's what a real-life modern Halloween village looks like.

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