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[changeling]

Buhfly and Hedda: I have received your cards! Thank you. They arrived whilst I was in New South Wales.

Buhfly: my New Year hasn't passed yet, as Samhain's in April in this hemisphere.

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[notfudge.livejournal.com]

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[buhfly.livejournal.com]

Really? Now, why is that? Our's is in October. *confuffled*

[delirieuse.livejournal.com]

For the same reason that your Yule (winter solstice) is our Litha (summer solstice). You're in the other hemisphere. When you have autumn, we have spring. It makes no sense to have Samhain in the spring. It's a harvest festival, as well as everything else.

"Our modern celebration of Halloween is a descendent of the ancient Celtic festival called 'Samhain;' meaning Summer's End. Samhain was the first day of winter, and the end of one pastoral year. It was the time when the night became longer than the day, the last apples were picked, and the year began again with its dark winter half. Also called Samhiunn or Hallowe'en, this festival is sometimes called Trinoux Samonia or 'Three Nights of the End of Summer.'"
-http://www.sacredfire.net/festivals.html

[buhfly.livejournal.com]

Ahhhh. That makes so much sense....