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http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl General Discussion >> Chat >> The Halloween house http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1319610761 Message started by Deborahmac09 on Oct 26^th, 2011 at 4:32pm

Title: The Halloween house
Post by Deborahmac09 on Oct 26^th, 2011 at 4:32pm

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Everybody shuffling to this Halloween light showSinging pumpkin faces, tombstones, strobes, floods, thousands of lights and an LMFAO song. This Halloween house is the absolute best light show you'll see all year!
4:1025 October 2011news.com.au

http://video.news.com.au/2159556534/Everybody-shuffling-to-this-Halloween-light-show

Title: Re: The Halloween house
Post by nairbe on Oct 26^th, 2011 at 7:47pm

OOO, Someone has too much money. So does anyone remember what Halloween is about and why it is so not at this time of year in the southern hemisphere.

Title: Re: The Halloween house
Post by Deborahmac09 on Oct 27^th, 2011 at 9:42am

nairbe wrote on Oct 26^th, 2011 at 7:47pm:

OOO, Someone has too much money. So does anyone remember what Halloween is about and why it is so not at this time of year in the southern hemisphere.

Besides something the yanks stole and completely changed you mean?
Another thing the Romans inflicted on the world ;D

Title: Re: The Halloween house
Post by nairbe on Oct 27^th, 2011 at 7:40pm

Deborahmac09 wrote on Oct 27^th, 2011 at 9:42am:

nairbe wrote on Oct 26^th, 2011 at 7:47pm:

OOO, Someone has too much money. So does anyone remember what Halloween is about and why it is so not at this time of year in the southern hemisphere.

Besides something the yanks stole and completely changed you mean?
Another thing the Romans inflicted on the world ;D

The romans, what have the romans ever done for us?

I don't mind what halloween is ment to be. I celebrate it each year with a couple of old friends on the 30th of April as it is in the southern hemisphere. It is the death of the year, when harvest is done, all the jobs finished and nothing grows anymore. A time to reflect on what has been in the year past and a time to remember those close that were lost to us. It is the time for the spirits of the dead to pass on to the next world. Funny how somehow the yanks made it a comercial success.

Title: Re: The Halloween house
Post by Cofgod on Nov 4^th, 2011 at 9:57pm

It wasn't the Romans who gave the world halloween. It was the ancient Celts of Scotland and Ireland. Halloween is derived from Samhain, a Gaelic harvest festival held on October 31–November 1.

Title: Re: The Halloween house
Post by nairbe on Nov 5^th, 2011 at 3:25pm

Cofgod wrote on Nov 4^th, 2011 at 9:57pm:

It wasn't the Romans who gave the world halloween. It was the ancient Celts of Scotland and Ireland. Halloween is derived from Samhain, a Gaelic harvest festival held on October 31–November 1.

The roman thing is a joke, monty python.

Yes you are right and so in the southern hemisphere it falls on the 30th April, being the harvest festival here, You may have noticed that October is spring not Autumn.