tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288389374807674671.post213128786938516647..comments2022-04-01T22:18:28.895+13:00Comments on Hagstone: Musings in the dark of the yearUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288389374807674671.post-90616098018169850872012-05-02T19:23:18.926+12:002012-05-02T19:23:18.926+12:00Well, as someone more Celtic it is 'Blessed Sa...Well, as someone more Celtic it is 'Blessed Samhain' and 'Happy Halloween' for me. Both festivities flow into each other at that time of year. The Samhain part is the end of Summer, is the start of the introverted half of the year, days of the Blessed Death, the Ancestors, of Remembering - no, not merry at all.<br />The Halloween part is mundane and fun and has no religious meaning for me. (Like the Christmas part around the Solstice, it is more an overall folklore-ish thing for me.)Tanahttp://witchydiary.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288389374807674671.post-33932650739267757222012-05-01T16:49:06.773+12:002012-05-01T16:49:06.773+12:00That's true! I hadn't thought of that. But...That's true! I hadn't thought of that. But like I say, I was just sort of commenting on my own impressions. It could be the most cheerful of holidays for some people for all I know, and that would be fine :) <br /><br />And you know, it's sort of funny, "happy Samhain" sounds less odd to me than "merry Samhain". I guess because "merry" makes me think of Yuletide...?Sannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03887563528046709686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288389374807674671.post-2351730111488357562012-05-01T10:52:37.048+12:002012-05-01T10:52:37.048+12:00I can't quite remember if I've ever wished...I can't quite remember if I've ever wished anyone a Happy Samhain either (certainly not any time recently). I'm more of a vague "have a good holiday" type, since I can't always be sure that anyone I might be talking to celebrates the same things I might. <br /><br />While I don't see it as a "merry" type of holiday either, there is a bit of precedent for the potential of it being - if not joyful, at least a bit more on the light-hearted side, if you consider the idea of an Irish wake (though there are definitely somber elements within that as well).Sephirahttp://www.practicalpaganism.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288389374807674671.post-88251845017355874342012-05-01T04:10:16.467+12:002012-05-01T04:10:16.467+12:00You could say "have a good Samhain", whi...You could say "have a good Samhain", which is what I think most people tend to do, if they say anything at all. :)Sannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03887563528046709686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288389374807674671.post-85950414322075132962012-05-01T03:28:21.925+12:002012-05-01T03:28:21.925+12:00I've never said "Happy Samhain" to a...I've never said "Happy Samhain" to anyone, but it seems like a sensible wish to me. "Have a contemplative/spirit-manifesting/death-evoking Samhain" doesn't quite convey the same sense of solidarity and beneficence. Plus, I think when people say this, they really mean "Happy leaf-gathering, pumpkin-carving, Bauhaus-listening and bonfire-dancing" rather than "Happy communion with mortality."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com