Halloween: the Antithesis of Christmas?
December 23rd, 2008 by John Wolfe
A few days ago, I stopped by the post office to mail the Ghost Adventures and Travel Channel prizes. One of the regular, really kind clerks gave me some gentle ribbing about this being the wrong time of year for me. She knows all about Season of Shadows and my love affair with Halloween. I joked back, explaining how most people probably consider me, Mr. Halloween, to be the antithesis of Christmas – so her comment was probably right on the mark.
The funny thing, however, is Halloween (for me) has the same type of giving, loving, amazingly magical feelings which I also associate with Christmas. Just because I run around playing with creepy things, in the dark, for several months out of the year doesn’t mean I’m dark and creepy…or does it? 
For most, Christmas is traditionally a very pious time of year. For me, it’s a reminder of our spiritual selves and the unified connection we all share with one another.
Similarly, Halloween brings forth many of the same feelings, but in a more mysterious, supernatural manner. It reminds me of some of the very early, wise, insightful, spiritual connections humankind shared with one another, nature and the earth (prior to the introduction of modern social conditioning and methods of fear based control).
While spooky Halloween props and decorations provide a nice form of entertainment, they’re definitely not what Halloween is all about. If we step outside the box, for a moment, and strip away the modern commercialized spin associated with both holidays– I believe we’ll find they’re not so different after all. And, with that being said – Happy Holidays!
December 23rd, 2008 at 10:04 am
Happy Holidays and a very Blessed 2009 Wishes and Intensions to You Beloved~*~
December 23rd, 2008 at 8:23 pm
Thank you so much, Goldie. May you and your family have a great holiday season and an awesome 2009 as well! I absolutely know you are going to have a great summer and something pretty fantastic will be coming your way in July. I’m holding that thought for you!
December 24th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
Wow, that ending….you did it again, tapped right into my deep and heavy conscious state of mind right now. It’s not like me to be in such a melancholy state of mind, not of depression but really heavy deep thought for reasons I will not share due to the personal nature, but, even though those appear as typed text words only above….something in the depths of my inner core shook, like a 5.5 earthquake inside of me, “I hope he’s right” because again, I’ve been contemplating the CO-creator thing/ Divine Order, as I’ve had 2 things I’ve done much spiritual work on and release, only to have neither one manifest and the time line is up for them, so to speak. I know I should remain in the moment and shouldn’t be IN July 2009 right now but so much of me is and is very uncertain about many things.
Anyways, before I pull out the kleenex again, your words and your loving thoughts of intentions mean the world, no, the Universe to me dear great friend. Thank you for stating it as such and for having the ability to tap into the depths of me as you do. I’m holding that thought on your thought…”something pretty fantastic will be coming your way in July” hmmmmm….ok. Thank you again~*~
December 24th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
Merry Christmas or perhaps Merry nightmare before Christmas whichever feels better.
December 24th, 2008 at 7:25 pm
Goldie,
I truly believe it will work out. Maintain the vibrational state of it being so, feel for the inspired action (and take it), then persist, persist, persist!
Talk to you soon.
Barry,
Thanks, a lot – you too. I’m down with Jack Skellington.