What were they celebrating?
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jannispetersen — 12 years ago(February 04, 2014 05:31 PM)
There was a Blood Moon (with a clear shot on it) and I'm pretty sure the aunts said they were going to a sabbath. I don't think the script writers put any tought into, if there would be any real sabbath dates or anything for witch-crafting people, since the vast majority wouldn't know about it anyway - so I think they just made it up and the date doesn't have any meaning, really.
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LesFleursDuMal — 11 years ago(June 19, 2014 08:10 PM)
Here's the thing - whatever form of the craft the Ownens family practiced it was probably not Wicca. Though drawn from earlier practices, Wicca was only "created" in the 20th century. Clearly the line of witches and the family curse dated back to
at least
puritan Massachusetts - far before the establishment of Wicca. Perhaps they were practitioners of traditional witchcraft or similar form.
That being said, they could have pretty much been celebrating anything. -
lwarner2005 — 11 years ago(October 08, 2014 08:40 PM)
It's been a while since I read the book, but the book and movie have only the most basic things in common. The overall stories are actually very different. IIRC, the sisters didn't even live with the aunts in the book, and they did not take the kids away to any celebration. In fact, the book was fairly light on the whole magic aspect in general.