Out With The Old and In With The New

HALLOWEEN, ALL SAINTS DAY, WAS OFFICIALLY SWITCHED TO THE SAME DATE AS THE ANCIENT GAELIC FESTIVAL SAMHAIN, AT THE BEHEST OF POPE GREGORY IV. MY DAUGHTER'S HALLOWEEN COSTUME IS WONDER WOMAN AND MY SON'S IS SPIDERMAN. SAMHAIN, OCTOBER 31ST, IS THE WITCHES NEW YEAR. IT IS A TIME FOR REMEMBERING AND HONORING ANCESTORS, CASTING AWAY NEGATIVE ENERGIES, AND FOR SETTING GOALS FOR THE NEW YEAR. A TIME OF APPRECIATION, LETTING GO AND MOVING FORWARD. SAMHAIN IS PRONOUNCED: SAW - WHEN.