Description

Happy Hallowee-meow!  This cute kitty keychain is ready to find his new spooky home.  With an articulating tail and legs, he’s ready for new adventures!  This is a one of a kind unique hand painted keychain!

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Halloween or Hallowe’en^[7][8] (less commonly known as Allhalloween,^[9] All Hallows’ Eve,^[10] or All Saints’ Eve)^[11] is a celebration observed in many countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows’ Day. It is at the beginning of the observance of Allhallowtide,^[12] the time in the liturgical year dedicated to remembering the dead, including saints (hallows), martyrs, and all the faithful departed.^{[3][13][14][15]} In popular culture, the day has become a celebration of horror, being associated with the macabre and supernatural.^[16]

One theory holds that many Halloween traditions were influenced by Celtic harvest festivals, particularly the Gaelic festival Samhain, which are believed to have pagan roots.^{[17][18][19][20]} Some go further and suggest that Samhain may have been Christianized as All Hallow’s Day, along with its eve, by the early Church.^[21] Other academics believe Halloween began solely as a Christian holiday, being the vigil of All Hallow’s Day.^{[22][23][24][25]} Celebrated in Ireland and Scotland for centuries, Irish and Scottish immigrants took many Halloween customs to North America in the 19th century,^[26][27] and then through American influence various Halloween customs spread to other countries by the late 20th and early 21st century.^[16][28]

Popular Halloween activities include trick-or-treating (or the related guising and souling), attending Halloween costume parties, carving pumpkins or turnips into jack-o’-lanterns, lighting bonfires, apple bobbing, divination games, playing pranks, visiting haunted attractions, telling scary stories, and watching horror or Halloween-themed films.^[29] Some people practice the Christian observances of All Hallows’ Eve, including attending church services and lighting candles on the graves of the dead,^[30][31][32] although it is a secular celebration for others.^[33][34][35] Some Christians historically abstained from meat on All Hallows’ Eve, a tradition reflected in the eating of certain vegetarian foods on this vigil day, including apples, potato pancakes, and soul cakes.^{[36][37][38][39]}

Model by Kirsten M

Handpainted by Melissa