{"id":25781,"date":"2017-10-29T09:24:35","date_gmt":"2017-10-29T15:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/?p=25781"},"modified":"2017-10-29T09:20:00","modified_gmt":"2017-10-29T15:20:00","slug":"perfect-halloween-mood-setter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/perfect-halloween-mood-setter\/","title":{"rendered":"The Perfect Halloween Mood Setter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mmc-220a5.kxcdn.com\/x\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/bach-organ-toccata-and-fugue-halloween-300x186.jpg\" alt=\"Bach\" width=\"300\" height=\"186\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-25782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmc-220a5.kxcdn.com\/x\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/bach-organ-toccata-and-fugue-halloween-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mmc-220a5.kxcdn.com\/x\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/bach-organ-toccata-and-fugue-halloween-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mmc-220a5.kxcdn.com\/x\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/bach-organ-toccata-and-fugue-halloween.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Bach&#8217;s Toccata in D Minor might not be known by name for those who don&#8217;t follow classical music but it&#8217;s signature sound is recognizable by millions as being associated with suspense, terror and especially <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">Halloween<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here it is in spooky splendor as presented by the great Richard Elliott, famed organist for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.<\/p>\n<p>It is the perfect mood setter as we head into <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">Halloween<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bG-Ml_EN-wU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Many think this was written specifically for the organ but experts say it was intended instead for the violin. However, a history of use in 20th century film and on stage for various scenes of murder, horror and suspense has taken the 18th century work into the mainstream sphere of <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">Halloween<\/a>. Somehow the tune has become associated with <em>Phantom Of The Opera<\/em>, although it has nothing to do with it.<\/p>\n<p>Now, what does this have to do with <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve spoken before of the <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/the-connection-between-halloween-and-christmas\/\"><strong>connection between Halloween and Christmas<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But for those who seek spiritual significance to their holidays it is plain to see how Halloween&#8217;s &#8216;day of the dead&#8217; honoring of ancestral past is connected to <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a>. It has to do with overcoming death and the reality of the afterlife.<\/p>\n<p>And what&#8217;s so spooky about that?<\/p>\n<p>Regardless if you buy into to the spiritual associations of <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">Halloween<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> or into the so-called pagan-roots that anciently begat both <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">Halloween<\/a> there is no doubting that in a modern society <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">Halloween<\/a> is the gatekeeper of holiday fun associated with this time of year and that it all reaches it&#8217;s peak at <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>From costumes to role reversal to roaming neighborhoods in search of treats there is much in <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">Halloween<\/a> to ties us to our ancient past and to the redemption of <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">love<\/a>, sacrifice and service so representative in our <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> celebrations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bach&#8217;s Toccata in D Minor might not be known by name for those who don&#8217;t follow classical music but it&#8217;s signature sound is recognizable by millions as being associated with suspense, terror and especially Halloween. Here it is in spooky splendor as presented by the great Richard Elliott, famed organist for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. 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