But then someone mentioned that us women were dressing way too sexily for the night and renamed the festival Slutoween. The next year someone else pointed out that cultural appropriation was even worse than dressing in a skimpy dress. It isn't safe to say anything sensible about it either. Just don't make him a mini Jacob Rees-Mogg - sure to scare the living daylights out of all of his classmates. The origins of Halloween are in our ancient festival of Samhain, when spirits were released from the Otherworld and walked among us.

Source: Irish Independent October 21, 2019 01:31 UTC