Holiday in Vamp-Land

While reading Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer yesterday, I came across an interesting passage about a holiday. But this is no normal holiday it is a Vampire holiday. The celebration is based around the Vampires restoration of peace many years ago in the Southern U.S. and Mexico. In the early 19th century, vampires ran wild and free across the countryside, using humans only as cattle ripe for the taking. Vampires began to build up their own private "herds" of humans without the humans even noticing ( except for some frequent disappearances). And when competition between vampires over territory and humans got tough, a new method was created. Vampires began to create their own private armies of newborn vampires by biting selected humans and setting them out to ravage their enemies. But this frenzy didn't last long. Soon the ancient vampire family known as the Volturi intervened and set things straight. This resolution has been celebrated for years and years, and was introduced in the twilight books from the firsthand perspective of Jasper, Edward Cullens reclusive brother. Jasper was bitten by a recruiting vampire and placed in one of her armies, yet he lives to tell the tale many years later.

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