2016 Stamp - Jack-O-Lanterns
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Happy Halloween!
Today we’ll look back on some of the history behind Halloween!
Samhain (Old Irish for “summer’s end”) is often considered to be one of the oldest precursors to Halloween. It’s a traditional Gaelic festival first documented around the 10th century. It is believed modern Jack-o’-lanterns were inspired by a Samhain custom. People would hollow out turnips and carve faces into them to use as lanterns at night.
Samhain was a festival to prepare for winter. It lasted from sunset on October 31st to sunset on November 1st. Huge bonfires were lit as a cleansing ritual, crops were harvested and stored, and animals were moved to winter pastures. It was a celebration to hold people through the long, cold days to come.
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Customer Reviews
t***s
Thanks for the arrival of the holiday, the shipment is fast
L***y
these two holders one has bigger teeth and one has smaller teeth you can color coordinate the ones you put in them this one has girls and girl tops girl bottoms glasses this one has skirts or ice cream treats that are color coordinated this one has just color coordinated things and it's really pretty and black cats of course and then this one's kind of color coordinated and has little trees that can go with either one they're beautiful and these holders are just outstanding they're so awesome
L***y
it was a bigger cheese because and it's wonderful notice it has black cat in there I have two of them here
a***p
heel lang gewacht maar nooit ontvangen, refund van Ali Express ontvangen
