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>>For us here in SA Halloween occurs during the >>springtime and whilst my own children have been >>barefoot since our autumn others are just starting or >>started to be barefoot for spring/summer. I'd say 80% >>of those we saw out in costume were in bare feet. > >That sounds like a marvellous way of celebrating >spring! >A lot of seasonal barefooters do their first bare >steps outside when it gets warm again and the snow (if >any) melts away. > >Have any other children in your area been barefoot in >winter? How cold does it get there? > >Thinking of it, it seems like a lot of public holidays >are linked to the seasons in the northern hemisphere: >Christmas is winter, easter is spring, Halloween/All >Saint's day (and St. Martin, etc) in autumn. Kind of >hard to imagine those without fog, dark evenings and >crunchy leaves. There are also various kinds of >harvest festivals (Thanksgiving seems to be related to >that and so it is held after the year's main harvest). >Carnival is not only about the beginning of lent (so, >kind of linked to Easter) but also comes from pagan >rituals to chase out evil winter spirits. > >I'm not aware of any southern hemisphere public >holidays that have made it to the north, on the other >hand ...

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