nextgen_holiday (nextgen_holiday) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2013-10-31 11:14:00

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bentley 23, brandr, dolemeck, eiltin, etoile lebeau, gregory price, holiday, jenny woolverton, joanna ketch, misha loganovich, perenawska, phobetor, rufus drake, svalin, vincent vernard, vlad rasputin

All Hallow's Eve
All Hallow's Eve, or Halloween as it has been come to be called, is a popular holiday with children and adults alike. It is a holiday that had its roots in the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain or Summer's End. Samhain celebrated the end of the "lighter half" of the year and the beginning of the "darker half".

On this evening the barriers between this world and the Otherworld were believed to be thin and the spirits, good and bad, of the dead could pass through. The spirits of the family's ancestors were welcomed in while evil and bad spirits were warded off by the wearing of masks and costumes. The costumes and masks disguised one as a harmful spirit and avoided harm from others.

It was also a harvest celebration and time to take stock of food stores for the winter. Livestock were slaughtered and the meat prepared for storage. It was the final harvest of the year and the crops were then stored for the winter. Celebrations included bonfires and tales of the family's ancestors.

It was a celebration of the dead and of the harvest.

Today we dress up in scary and not so scary costumes and masks and go door to door for candy or attend costume parties. It is a night for revelry, pranks and fun.

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dashingly
2013-11-01 12:36 am UTC (link)

He found the trick or treating party, though it seemed an odd holiday to him. An enjoyable one, but still odd.

He bowed to Svalin with a "Milady" and to Solver, then gave Zoey a smile for her costume and rewarded her with a sweeping bow and dashing smile before giving her hand a kiss. "And the fair warrior, may she be triumphant and fearless in all the battles she faces this night."

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	shield_maiden 2013-11-01 09:03 pm UTC (link)
	Svalin returned the bow and Zoey bowed as well. "Milord," she said with a smile. "Thou'rt most kind. Wouldst thou liketh to join us in trick or treating?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

dashingly
2013-11-03 02:21 am UTC (link)

"I art afraid I know little of this trick and treating, and wouldst hate to impose on thine night. I simply wished to thank the Lady Svalin for her generous gifts and thank her," he said and turned his smile to Svalin at the last part. "Seeing as tho'rt about to depart, I shalt leave the proper thanks for when thine hunting party returns." As far as he understood, this seemed to be a hunting party for candy, if he'd gotten the gist of the holiday right.

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	shield_maiden 2013-11-04 12:08 am UTC (link)
	"Thou'rt are more than welcome to come with us," Svalin said. "This ist a night for all and fun." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

dashingly
2013-11-04 12:30 am UTC (link)

He considered this only for a brief moment, then smiled. "Well, an adventure with two of the fairest warriors and a ferocious beast of some kind, how couldst I turn such an offer down once more?" He wasn't sure what Solver was dressed as precisely, but decided it must be a ferocious beast fitting for the young lord. "If thou wouldst have me in thine service for this adventure, then I am thine."

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	shield_maiden 2013-11-05 10:00 pm UTC (link)
	"YAY!" Zoey said and Solver echoed her. "I art glad thou hath decided to come with us." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dashingly 2013-11-06 08:45 am UTC (link)
	"It ist an adventure, I hath difficulty turning down any adventure," he smiled. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2013-11-07 11:39 am UTC (link)
	Svalin smiled. "We're gonna get a lot of candy!" Zoey exclaimed. Next to her Solver was all smiles. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dashingly 2013-11-10 02:32 am UTC (link)
	"If that ist our mission, then we shalt indeed get a lot of candy," he grinned at the excited little girl and the giddy little lord. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2013-11-10 06:33 pm UTC (link)
	"Aye, it ist our mission," Svalin said. "It ist the mission of all on this eve." (Reply to this)(Parent)

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