Halloween Has Been Tainted in Seoul This Year, So Let’s Talk About Samhain Instead
I live in Seoul, just about five minutes up the street from the Hamilton Hotel, where this weekend’s horrific and tragic events unfolded around midnight on Saturday. I heard the sirens long before news started to break online and actually first heard about what was going on when I turned to Twitter, which is faster now than even the fastest news site.
I will probably write more about that later. At the moment, the entire nation is in shock and mourning, and social media, blogs and news sites are full of knee-jerk reactions and finger pointing, as well as every group under the sun rushing in to use the situation to prove whatever they can extract from it related to their own agenda.
The point is, Halloween is tainted this year in Seoul. And it probably will be for many years to come. So I want to talk about Samhain instead, which is the holiday I technically celebrate on this day.
I love this time of year. I have for as long as I can remember. Spring and summer people are a mystery to me. I like the dark and the cold, the big yellow moon, the mist that hangs in the air at dawn. And while I get the science behind why the leaves change colors, every year, it still seems like magic to me.
