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off-topic - all hallow's eve

arfie
arfie

i have always loved halloween. it is the only day of the year where i feel normal. i can leave the social masks in the closet for a day and just be myself. i almost pity the normies that have to wear stuffy costumes and/or itchy makeup for the celebrations. the normies are missing some important depths to the event, but it isn't my job to educate them.


this year my eldest foster child has a social studies assignment on the pre-columbian holiday of "dia de los muertos." yes, the name was changed in tranlation, but it was an ancient and active holiday before columbus came a-calling.we live very near the mexican border and are quite familiar with the holiday. on the gregorian calendar, it coincides with halloween, but is a radically different holiday. i place it far closer to the druidic all hallows eve than the u.s. halloween.


anybody have any october 31st folklore to share?


malibumark
malibumark
:-)
GreenEyes727
GreenEyes727
I love Halloween too! I usually go to my best friend's house to help her give out candy and I love all the costumes. This year, she has a hockey game. I don't get any kids here. I don't have any folklore to add.
arfie
arfie
farm life makes trick or treating a challenge. it would take ALLOT of walking to cover very few doors. we've invaded a few of the sleeper burbs, but the trunk or treats are our main venue. adult volunteers to give out candy are always welcome.

my sense of history feels that the 20th century trick or treat customs will be a folklore passed on for generations. never downplay the folklore you are adding as you live and breathe.
hasty_05
hasty_05
We don’t get kids trick or treating around here. People do the holiday of la dia de los muertas and church’s do all hallow eve for those deceased the past year. It sometimes is cooling down by the end of October here. The last time I left my porch and landscape lights on, we were getting teenagers knocking and ringing at 9 pm when I was in Jammie’s and bed for an early wake-up. I mostly ignore Halloween now.
arfie
arfie
are you in the u.s., hasty?

i am u.s. and near enough the border that we have the mix. halloween is the path of least resistance for the munchkins. until recently, i didn't realize how much i enjoyed the years between parenting careers when i could ignore it. i didn't ignore it on purpose. i just sorta drifted away. so much world and so little time.

i'm kinda hoping to guide the munchkins toward dia de los muertos. i think it is the more meaningful celebration.
hasty_05
hasty_05
Yes, arfie, I am in the US and I think I live in the same state as you. Just in the furthest northern, most populated, section of the state.
arfie
arfie
i am guessing that yours is the population has begun swallowing our little ag community. urban sprawl at it's finest. progress is as good a name for it as any.

sigh. . .

and another one bites the dust. . .
carlyj1202
carlyj1202
Can we just say what state? I am thinking TX.
arfie
arfie
i'd rather not say, carly. anonymity is critically important to me. it frees me up to be more honest about the details of how i was elected the mayor of crazy town. this particular post is off-topic, but i guard anonymity, all the same, to keep it intact for when i need to be more honest than i would be with real time associates and loved ones.
carlyj1202
carlyj1202
Of course I respect your anonymity.

I'm from TX. I was just curious.
arfie
arfie
thank you for your respect, carly. i respect your curiosity, but working through the psychoticks of child sex trafficking is tricky, politically sensitive business. anonymity has been the cornerstone of my recovery.
carlyj1202
carlyj1202
You seem to share so much on your posts. But just a simple question of your state really bothers you.? Politically sensitive business.?
arfie
arfie
i am a child sex trafficking survivor, carly. yes, it is quite politically sensitive, on more levels than i can count. guarding my anonymity --including my physical location-- within my therapy support network allows me to be more open and honest about the harsh, living realities behind that political sensitivity.

i also guard the anonymity of my sibs-in-healing, whether they ask me to, or knot. please note that there are never id markers withing any of my posts. repeat, anonymity is a cornerstone of my recovery.
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