Samhain Ideas
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sudden_serenityA post to be added to as and when, these are some suggestions on how to celebrate Samhain. It's a fire festival and the last harvest of the year. In the Celtic calendar it is the beginning of a new year. It is time to rest and be grateful - to live off the harvest you have gathered during the year. It is a time for reflection, a time for resolutions and new habits. It is a time to remember and appreciate.
Consciously clean the entrance to your home, the front door, the porch, the hallway. Make it welcoming and warm. Decorate with found objects from nature or seasonal blooms. Light scented candles. This is the beginning of the Celtic year, make clean sweep of the old year.
Walk in nature. Farewell to the land after the year's last harvest, be thankful for its bounty. Litter pick. Appreciate. Enjoy the final flourish of the leaves changing colour and the fungi.
Celebrate with a harvest meal. Hedgerow or apple crumble. Cider, maybe mulled. Meat -this was the time of year that animals were used for meat, so as not to have to feed them all through the winter. Be thankful for their sacrifice. Light candles and speak of the dark months in positive terms. Reminisce about those who are not here to celebrate with you, those who have passed on. Linger over your food, eat well. Celebrate what the year's work has given you.
Make your sleeping area and your living room clean and cosy. Wash throws and blankets. Wash pillows and cushions, update them. Buy new bedding. Put away summer things, put fresh candles in holders and lanterns. Hang heavier curtains.
Fireworks - this might just be me - and a bonfire. This is a fire festival. Cook food over the flames. Embrace the dark evenings. Light sparklers and fireworks to remind us that the light will return.
Put up pictures of your family, particularly those who have passed on. Bring them back into conversation, appreciate the touch of their lives on your own. Recall them with happy stories.
Consciously clean the entrance to your home, the front door, the porch, the hallway. Make it welcoming and warm. Decorate with found objects from nature or seasonal blooms. Light scented candles. This is the beginning of the Celtic year, make clean sweep of the old year.
Walk in nature. Farewell to the land after the year's last harvest, be thankful for its bounty. Litter pick. Appreciate. Enjoy the final flourish of the leaves changing colour and the fungi.
Celebrate with a harvest meal. Hedgerow or apple crumble. Cider, maybe mulled. Meat -this was the time of year that animals were used for meat, so as not to have to feed them all through the winter. Be thankful for their sacrifice. Light candles and speak of the dark months in positive terms. Reminisce about those who are not here to celebrate with you, those who have passed on. Linger over your food, eat well. Celebrate what the year's work has given you.
Make your sleeping area and your living room clean and cosy. Wash throws and blankets. Wash pillows and cushions, update them. Buy new bedding. Put away summer things, put fresh candles in holders and lanterns. Hang heavier curtains.
Fireworks - this might just be me - and a bonfire. This is a fire festival. Cook food over the flames. Embrace the dark evenings. Light sparklers and fireworks to remind us that the light will return.
Put up pictures of your family, particularly those who have passed on. Bring them back into conversation, appreciate the touch of their lives on your own. Recall them with happy stories.
