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I know not everyone gets excited about the cold weather, but like it or not, as of this week, it is here! I get more excited for the cold weather than anything else the whole fall/winter season. As a borderline minimalist for most of my adult life I am not big on decorating, doing the excessive gift thing on Christmas, etc. but I DO get excessively excited about the cold and all that comes with it– baking, cozy hot drinks, flannels, fuzzy socks, and passed down traditions I’ve adapted for the season, like the one below:
Here is a cozy cold weather tip passed down and adapted from my grandmother: Every year my grandma was with us, as soon as we turned on the heater she would start a daily big boiling pot of water to keep it humid in the house– which led to lower heating bills and less sickness. I have since adapted it to daily add things to mine such as lemon and orange peels, eucalyptus leaves, spices like clove, cinnamon sticks, etc. and even essential oils! Not only is my living space nice and cozy warm all winter with a lower heating bill, but it smells absolutely wonderful! EDITOR’S NOTE—This column is reserved as an editorial column and may not necessarily reflect the policy of this publication.
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Important Voting Details You Need to Know This Week Ashley Husbands Early voting continues this week through October 31st with official Voting Day on November 4th. Local voting centers’ locations, times, etc. are listed in the “Local Events” section of the paper this week. There are 17 propositions on the ballot this year. What is a proposition? According to LegalClarity.com a proposition is defined as follows, “A ballot proposition, also known as a ballot measure, is a direct democracy mechanism allowing citizens to vote on proposed laws, constitutional amendments, or other issues. These measures appear on a statewide or municipal ballot for vot-
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History of Halloween
Explore the ancient traditions of Samhain all the way to Halloween msn.com Ashley Husbands As we did for Independence Day this year, we are here with another article on the history of a holiday held this week, Halloween. I am no historian, so this was sourced from History.com and Brittanica.com. I have taken the information given and put it in historical date order, as best as I can with the information provided. Halloween can be controversial,
especially among those they considered their who choose to follow the New Year’s Day on NoChristian faith, I have my vember 1st. The Celts own personal opinions but lived in mostly what is I will not include those in now Ireland, the United this article. All I am striv- Kingdom and northern ing to do with this article is France. The festival of to provide a historical con- Samhain marked the end text for the origins of the of summer, harvest seaholiday, so here we go. son, and the beginning of winter- which they con2,000 years ago: sidered a time associated with human death. They The origins of Halloween believed on the last day date back to the festival of their year, October 31st Samhain (pronounced sow that the boundary be-in), an ancient Celtic festi- tween the world of the val held on the day before (Continued on Page 12)