Retailers will make money where they can but we're like the living dead buying into our own apocalypse | ShaunaReports
I doubt the fairies and spirits our ancestors sought to ward off or appease with gifts on Samhain would be happy with the plastic nightmare the ancient tradition has become.Communities across Ireland gathered to celebrate before the long dark winter, lighting sacred bonfires which their hearth fires were relit from in the hopes they would keep burning and protect them through the cold.They donned entirely natural costumes and made sacrifices of food and animals to the Celtic gods.
Parents and grandparents made apple tarts with coins hidden inside, amid warnings of ‘be careful you don’t swallow it’. And you really loved the Halloweens when you watched on as sticky and chocolate apples were made and our lanterns were carved from native turnips. It’s not quite that much in Ireland while in the UK Statista says it has grown from £230m in 2013 and is predicted to hit £637m this year, it’s no wonder retailers and rushing to push the Halloween merchandise.
In fact they only thing they had to do was survive and to do that, they took what they needed from nature and nothing more. “Our biggest carbon footprints during Halloween comes from rotting pumpkin waste which emits methane, and countless poor-quality, mass-produced outfits made from plastic or unsustainable materials,” they say.Fireworks are not so cracking for pets The USPCA is urging those of us with pets to do what we can to keep the furry highnesses safe and happy, this Halloween.