The Halloween Handbook [Paperback]

Ed Morrow (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Citadel (September 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806522275
• ISBN-13: 978-0806522272
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,456,868 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Samhain means Summer's End, October 2, 2006

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A. Lake "selkiegirl" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Halloween Handbook (Paperback)

okay, here is another guy who is getting his information from incorrect places. Samhain(pronounced Sow-en) is Celtic for Summers end, which Halloween is. It is the Celtic new Year. There is no Celtic God of the dead! Feralia was celebrated in February, if your going to write a book or spread around information it might do you well to actually research a bit on your chosen topic. Also going to the Catholic Herald to check on the dates of a PAGAN festival probably isn't the smartest idea in the world. They may have appropriated all of our holidays and twisted them into something Christian, but that doesn't mean theyknow anything about them.

15 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining - but as fiction, not fact, October 8, 2004

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Dan Weinstein "The Used Book Guy" (North Hollywood, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Halloween Handbook (Paperback)

This book is well written and entertaining, but so erroneous it's almost fiction. It would be impossible to note all the historical errors here, but just a few examples: The author tells us the Roman festival of Feralia was celebrated in October (it was celebrated in February); that Pope Gregory added All Souls' Day to the calendar (he died more than 200 years before the first celebration of All Souls' Day); and of course that Samhain was dedicated to the "Celtic Lord of the Dead" (the Celts had no such god). The mistakes just go on and on. If you're buying this for decorating tips or sheer fun, it's fine - but if you want real history this isn't the book.

4 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Halloween book, October 8, 2002

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GH (Lawrence, KS) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Halloween Handbook (Paperback)

This is a comprehensive treatment of Halloween, its history, the creatures associated with it such as witches, ghosts, bats, etc., and all sorts of suggestions for celebrating the day with costume ideas, party ideas, decoration suggestions, and creepy foods. If you love Halloween, you'll love this book.