It's Me, Thinking Again
It's fall - my absolute favorite season of the year! Our wedding anniversary is on September 23, the first day of Autumn. I love the cooler weather, the warm soups and breads, the holidays - all but one. Halloween. I used to love that holiday. Little kids, dressed up as spooky little goblins (hahaha) and going door to door for literally POUNDS of candy! We weighed the kids' candy one year and that pillow case honestly weighed 8 pounds. Last year I caught wind of some disention coming from my husband. He said that he's never been a big fan of scary movies or scary, creepy, icky stuff. I used to love me a good, bloody horror movie - but since I've gotten a little older, I can do without. There is enough real life horror that I don't need to see it fabricated. So I did what any responsible Momma would do. I started my research. I looked on the internet and read website after website of statements, history, and factual accounts as to the origins of Halloween. ...