Halloween: What's it all about?

Halloween is that time of the year when the summer crops are over, when the new growth of spring has not lived up to its promise of life everlasting for those wishing it were so, and when the truth of it all can no longer be hidden, or wished away.

It means once again hopes and desires must be packed away and winter, that bleak time of year that one must prepare for, is soon approaching. That's the reality of Halloween in all its starkness. It's a stretch of the truth that that summer is over, school has started and and the work of preparing for winter has begun.

Why all the hullabaloo about ghosts and goblins and dressing up as freaks and monsters? Is it just to pacify the children are are there some real truths hidden in these shenanigans? I suppose it all depends on what you hold sacred, God or his opponents.

Spirits roam the earth, as I believe it, and they don't wait for one particular time of the year to stake out their claims. They live alongside us day by day either coaxing us to do good or trying to steer us in the other direction. Sometimes we give in and follow the bad ones, and sometimes we listen to the good one.

Church wise, Halloween is either outright ignored by some religions or is celebrated by some as all soul's day. They recognize that good and evil are at war over who is going to win over the other. In other words, they recognize that that all those who've died are not saintly and are probably still around trying to gain over the living.

The Catholic Church celebrates All Saints Day on November 1st to honor all those who managed to get out if he clutches of the evil doers. Yet what does all this have to do with the horrendous celebrations going on?

It's a game. People have put together bits and pieces of legends from out of the past to chase fear away and to while away time. The business community decided to make money from the events and there you have the horrendous outfits and the absurdity of the season. It's all earth bound garbage floating around.

But just in case, I.m keeping my door locked tight!