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10/29/2007
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Samhain Celebrates Lives Of The Departed
Author: Michelle Lee Source: Press of Atlantic City (NJ)
Title: SAMHAIN CELEBRATES LIVES OF THE DEPARTED
Most people celebrate Halloween by donning costumes and collecting candy. For the Rev. Theresa McReynolds, a chiropractor from Atlantic City, October is a special, holy time to honor loved ones who have died.
At home, McReynolds creates a special altar with pictures and mementoes. She cooks special meals that include their favorite foods.
McReynolds, 61, also would take her grandchildren and other relatives to the cemetery and share stories about their ancestors to "remind them we came from somewhere and we're a part of something bigger than where we are now."
Samhain, pronounced "sow-in," means "summer's end." The holiday, which has Celtic and pagan roots, takes place Oct. 31 and marks the end of the harvest season and the start of the cold months. On Sunday, a group of 36 men and women experienced the celebration when McReynolds held a Samhain service for the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the South Jersey Shore.
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