Sorry about the confusion. My exam was on Friday. As in yesterday. I was a mess for about the hour before the exam. Cold sweats...peeing every 5 seconds. In the end it only took me about 2 minutes (they give you 45) and I got 100%...WOOHOO I really don't understan my exam anxiety. IT's not like I've ever been BAD at taking them, it's just the lead up to. Stupid. They also said they'd most likely be able to get me into the citizenship ceremony which is in about 2 weeks So un-immigration like in their fastness on this.
And on to Halloween It's funny how so many people think it's an American tradition. It DEFINITELY has become very Americanised...that having been said it actually has it's roots in the British Isles. I say the British Isles, because I can't actually remember which religion it originated from, but it was Gaelic, or Celtic or Druidic or something like that. From memory it's based around the 'holiday'of Samhain (not sure if that's spelled properly) the beleif being that was the night that the spirit and living world were the closest and that on that night because the worlds were so close spirits could cross from the spirit world to here. So if people HAD to be outside around dusk or at night they'd paint their face to disguise themselves as a spirit so as not to be attacked by evil ones. And then families would leave offerings on their door steps for the spirits of their loved ones and dead ancestors, and I think the pumpkin thing has to do with putting them/candles/to keep the spirits out of the house. So while the Americans are the ones that have capitalized on the whole things, the actual tradition is British (for lack of remembering which religion it actually was) Then when Christians took over Britian they tried to attach christain connotations to it, like with all the other 'pagen' holidays (Christmas, Easter etc..) and called it All Saints Day or something similar.
See I'm a veritable font of useless knowledge. LOL. I'll have to try to remember to download some of my pumpkin pictures and put them on here for you to see
I really don't understan my exam anxiety. IT's not like I've ever been BAD at taking them, it's just the lead up to. Stupid. They also said they'd most likely be able to get me into the citizenship ceremony which is in about 2 weeks
So un-immigration like in their fastness on this.
It's funny how so many people think it's an American tradition. It DEFINITELY has become very Americanised...that having been said it actually has it's roots in the British Isles. I say the British Isles, because I can't actually remember which religion it originated from, but it was Gaelic, or Celtic or Druidic or something like that. From memory it's based around the 'holiday'of Samhain (not sure if that's spelled properly) the beleif being that was the night that the spirit and living world were the closest and that on that night because the worlds were so close spirits could cross from the spirit world to here. So if people HAD to be outside around dusk or at night they'd paint their face to disguise themselves as a spirit so as not to be attacked by evil ones. And then families would leave offerings on their door steps for the spirits of their loved ones and dead ancestors, and I think the pumpkin thing has to do with putting them/candles/to keep the spirits out of the house. So while the Americans are the ones that have capitalized on the whole things, the actual tradition is British (for lack of remembering which religion it actually was) Then when Christians took over Britian they tried to attach christain connotations to it, like with all the other 'pagen' holidays (Christmas, Easter etc..) and called it All Saints Day or something similar.
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