Greetings, dark passengers. Can you smell fear in the air? Don’t worry if not because, really, you can’t unless you happen to be a dog or a bee. The point is that it’s once again time to stock up on magic candles and nuts and salt and whatever else can ward off evilry because Halloween is around the corner.
So let’s chat about some of the Halloween superstitions that freak people out year over year.
If you’re born on Halloween then you can communicate with spirits.
Awesome. If you were born on Halloween and you see dead people, let us know. Still wondering how the people born the other 364 days of the year can still see ghosts. Perhaps leap year has thrown us off to the point that each day was Halloween at some point…
If a candle goes out by itself on Halloween, a ghost is visiting.
Awesome. I don’t light any candles and ghosts still visit me, but that’s beside the point. If people are going to get all freaked out when a candle goes out on Halloween night, wouldn’t common sense tell you not to light the candle in the first place?
If you see a spider on Halloween, it’s a dead loved one coming to visit.
Really? My loved ones would know better than that. My house is not what you’d call a spider-friendly hangout, Halloween or not.
It’s bad luck to burn Halloween candles any other day of the year.
Ah…So it’s not just silly to burn orange and black candles covered in ghosts the rest of the year? I’ll keep that in mind the next time I’m looking to light a romantic candlelit dinner in the middle of March.
Don’t let fires burn out on Halloween night or you’ll have bad luck.
Great. Now, remind me why I’m burning a fire at all? Oh, well. Just make sure you can get a priest to come over and relight it and you’re totally safe…until you find a conflicting superstition.
Casting a headless shadow is an omen of death.
Sure, I’ll go with this. Of course, I’m thinking the lost of your head has more to do with your death than the resulting shadow…
If you hear footsteps behind you on Halloween night, don’t turn around or you’ll look death in the eye and die!
A better solution is to run screaming like a crazy person from the 5-year-old fairy princess trick or treating with her parents behind you. Don’t want to look that little harbinger of evil in the eye, huh?
Toss a hazelnut into the fire for each guy you’re dating and the one that burns up will represent your true love.
Unless you read the other Halloween superstition where it tells you the one that burns up represents a shallow love that cannot last. Have fun with that.
So here’s the moral of the story, dark passengers…Failure to do something is bad luck, but doing anything is bad luck. Bottom line: Light a candle in your jack-o-lantern to ward off the evil piggy flu that’s gonna kill us all before we need to worry about that blown out candle killing us.
…or you might try throwing handfuls of salt on all the trick or treaters to ensure they aren’t demons come to the door to beg for candy. Whatever works for you.
So, what’s your favorite Halloween superstition? Is it one I left off the list? Tell us about it. Who knows? You might even save someone’s life by reminding them why they have to bob for that sour in the bucket of icy water! 
Jen
“Let your dark passenger come out to play…Be your own nemesis!”
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