![\"black_cat_by_enchantedwhispersart-d5jgsfq\"](\"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/black_cat_by_enchantedwhispersart-d5jgsfq.jpg\")
In another episode of odd conversations that take place over the entertainment dinner table:<\/p>\nIn another episode of odd conversations that take place over the entertainment dinner table:<\/p>\n
I mean, what is Halloween anyway? It\u2019s not even a holiday..<\/em><\/p>\n This was uttered by our newest team member, who\u2019s a very nice young lady from South Africa, where Halloween is not really a thing.<\/p>\n Beat of silence, our sound tech takes a breath to respond, I beat him to it<\/p>\n Actually, it\u2019s a pagan tradition more properly known as Samhain that originates with the concept of All Saint\u2019s Day, which is preceded by All Soul\u2019s Eve, which is believed to be the only point in the year when the spirits of the dead can cross over the viel to communicate with the living, however, because it\u2019s also a night where evil spirits can have influence people would don masks in order to hide from them, and leave out offerings to appease them that\u2019s\u2026.where the\u2026costumes\u2026.came from<\/em><\/p>\n At this point I sort of trail off and refocus my attention on my ice cream<\/p>\n Oh..<\/em><\/p>\n And the sound tech looks up from his own dessert, shrugs and says<\/p>\n yup, what she said..<\/em><\/p>\n For some reason this made me smile…more than a little.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In another episode of odd conversations that take place over the entertainment dinner table: I mean, what is Halloween anyway? It\u2019s not even a holiday.. This was uttered by our newest team member, who\u2019s a very nice young lady from … Continue reading