Halloween at the White House - Democratic Underground

PADemD

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Sat Oct-31-09 10:11 PM
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Halloween at the White House

Here's a history from the White House Historical Association:

http://www.whitehousehistory.org/whha_shows/holidays_halloween/index.html

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hileeopnyn8d

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Sat Oct-31-09 10:23 PM
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1. Ha!

Edited on Sat Oct-31-09 10:30 PM by hileeopnyn8d

Your post count is 666.

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gateley

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Sat Oct-31-09 10:27 PM
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2. I really enjoyed that -- thanks! I never knew that Halloween came to

our shores with the Irish immigrants. I'm surprised my dad (Irish) didn't take credit for it, he credited everything else cool to the Irish. :7

Happy Halloween!

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Cleita

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Sun Nov-01-09 02:07 AM
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3. My late husband was Irish and they certainly as a people kept a lot of their pagan

culture and mythology in spite of St. Patrick turning them all into Christians. I always loved the lore surrounding sacred wells and how the Catholic Church put them under the patronage of various local saints who had formerly been Irish gods and goddesses.

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MisterP

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Sun Nov-01-09 02:17 AM
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4. like at Clonrichert?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PE_9p3jick

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PADemD

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Sun Nov-01-09 08:28 AM
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5. That was hilarious!

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Cleita

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Sun Nov-01-09 11:44 AM
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6. Thanks for the memories.

DH and I watched "Father Ted" when it was on here "religiously". As a couple of not so good Catholics we loved the send up.

:rofl:

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