This is taken from The Grandmother of Time by Zsuzsanna E. Budapest, 1989, Harper and Row, NY, NY.
The new year of the earth begins. We have reached the midpoint between Autumn Equinox and Winter Solstice. This is the time to think about our own mortality. The veil is the thinnest between the worlds tonight, and dead souls visit their living relatives. The custom of going door to door collecting sweet cakes and money came from a British custom of begging for the poor. When you let kids go trick-or-treating know that they represent the future. When children knock on your door offer them sweet gifts to sweeten the future. But the true stars of Halloween are the elderly. They represent the year, now worn old and gray. Remember grandmothers, grandfathers, and elderly relatives. Give them greeting cards and food or take them out to dinner. To appease the past is also good luck for the future.
You may also be interested in the posts on this blog for June 3, 2011 and November 1, 2010 .
