Siren's Findings: Happy Halloween!

Hello!

I don't know about everywhere else in the world, but here in America, we get a little crazy around this time of year.

Why?

Well, the leaves are changing, it's finally sweater weather (in some places), the stores are filled with pumpkin spice everything (and I mean everything), and, last but not least...

IT'S HALLOWEEN TIME, BABY!

Here's a little history of Halloween for those of you not in the know:

1. Originates in the Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced sow-in) where the veil between the land of the living and the land of the dead was blurred.

2. Celts sacrificed animals and crops to the Gods, wore costumes, and tried to tell each other's fortunes.

3. the beliefs and customs of different European ethnic groups as well as the Native Americans meshed, an American version of Halloween was born.

4. Involved fortune-telling, ghost stories, mischief, sharing stories of the dead, and harvest celebrations

5. Irish immigrants spread the holiday and introduced dressing in costumes and going from door to door asking for money and candy (Trick-or-Treat!)

6. Irish also brought over the tradition of carving faces into pumpkins (large turnips and potatoes were originally used in Ireland) to scare off evil spirits (Jack-O-Lanterns!)

This is my favorite time of the year, and so I've prepared a list of movies that you can watch to commemorate today, which I'm going to put down below (not in any particular order).

Hope you have a lovely Halloween!