Tonight is “All Hallow’s Eve”, the eve before the religious feast All Saints (aka All Hallow’s Day), remembering the dead, saints and martyrs of christianity. Many of the traditions of Halloween are believed to originate in ancient Celtic harvest festivals and pagan traditions. It was mainly Irish immigrants to the USA who brought along the many more secular traditions like trick-or-treating, Halloween costume parties, carving pumpkins into jack-o’-lanterns and lighting bonfires. In Europe, All Saints was mainly celebrated in the religious sense (remembering the dead, lighting candles at their graves). Only in the last ten years the more “American” way of celebrating Halloween became more popular into what is now a big commercial business for retail.
This year, we in Frankonia are blessed with a colorful and sunny last October weekend. And with this image of an enchanted haunted house in a forest near Nuremberg I wish you a very happy halloween!
Photograph taken with my iPhone 12. Jpg out of camera.
Marcus
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How fabulous is this little gem set among glorious fall leaves! Love this image!
Thanks so much for taking the time to visit and comment! Marcus
Happy Halloween! I thought that haunted house was not real. Impressive!
Thanks, Julie, much appreciated! Marcus
What a fantastic looking “haunted” house. Not sure how spooky it is, but it certainly looks like it might be haunted 🙂 The wonderful fall foliage makes for such a picturesque setting!
It was a perfect Halloween scene…thanks for taking the time to read and comment, Linda, highly appreciated! Marcus
Thanks Marcus for the backstories. Excellent themed composition for the season!
Thanks for reading, C.S., much appreciated! Marcus
Happy Halloween back at you 🙂
Thanks, Alice, hope you had a fun one! Marcus
Never seen such a beautiful haunted house before, how great you knew to find it !
Happy Halloween Marcus.
Glad you like it! And thanks for reading and commenting! Marcus
That’s a very picturesque haunted house. Happy Halloween!
Thanks, Hien, Happy Halloween!