I'll never understand why so many pagans (of varying types) get so hung up on the 31st as an "actual date" (I'm not saying you are, must making a general observation). Last I checked, the Celts (for example) didn't have our type of calendar.
I tend to consider the "actual" observance as when the sun is 15 degrees Scorpio.
But even that doesn't matter so much to me, as I feel the seasonal shift in the veil for a longer period than one night.
In any event, I save the 31st for handing out candy to trick or treaters, the week before that for parties. And then observe Samhain as a seperate event.
Just babbling; pay not attention to the woman behind the curtain.
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I tend to consider the "actual" observance as when the sun is 15 degrees Scorpio.
But even that doesn't matter so much to me, as I feel the seasonal shift in the veil for a longer period than one night.
In any event, I save the 31st for handing out candy to trick or treaters, the week before that for parties. And then observe Samhain as a seperate event.
Just babbling; pay not attention to the woman behind the curtain.
~L