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A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him or her. – David Brinkley

10 Fun Halloween Facts for Families

Halloween is short for Hallow’s Eve or Hallow’s Evening.

Halloween is at once a campy celebration of the supernatural and an ominous observance of the genuinely spooky side of life. Its popularity in the United States only extends back a handful of decades, yet its traditions have lingered since ancient history. Birthed in the rugged landscapes of the British Isles, Halloween melded the sacred and the secular, with different cultures tossing in their own rites and folklore along the way.

Today, the concept of costumed kids begging for candy and bobbing for apples may seem commonplace, but there’s far more rhyme and reason behind those holiday customs than meets the eye. To get to the bottom of why black cats got a bad rap and where revelers can catch glimpse of a ghost, treat yourself to these 10 frighteningly fun Halloween facts.

http://people.howstuffworks.com/culture-traditions/holidays-halloween/10-halloween-facts.htm

According to an Irish legend, Jack O’Lanterns was actually a stingy man named Jack who, because he tricked the devil several times, was forbidden entrance into both heaven and hell. So, he wandered on Earth, waving his lantern to lead people away from their paths…

Halloween Holiday Trivia

• Orange and black are Halloween colors because orange is associated with the Fall harvest and black is associated with darkness and death.
• Jack o’ Lanterns originated in Ireland where people placed candles in hollowed-out turnips to keep away spirits and ghosts on the Samhain holiday.
• Pumpkins also come in white, blue and green. Great for unique monster carvings!
• Halloween was brought to North America by immigrants from Europe who would celebrate the harvest around a bonfire, share ghost stories, sing, dance and tell fortunes.
• Tootsie Rolls were the first wrapped penny candy in America.
• The ancient Celts thought that spirits and ghosts roamed the countryside on Halloween night. They began wearing masks and costumes to avoid being recognized as human.
• Halloween candy sales average about 2 billion dollars annually in the United States.

Fake Wound Tutorials Zombie bites, arrow stabbings, disembowelments, zipper face, blood-spurting knives… get gory on Halloween! If your costume incorporates a wound, you’ll find the Instructable for making it happen here (with makeup, of course).

http://www.instructables.com/id/Wound-Makeup-Tutorials/

Easy Halloween Costumes

We can’t afford to buy new Halloween costumes every year, and I’m not handy enough to create them from things lying around the house. We do have a solution that allows our kids to get a new costume each year. That solution is the local thrift store. They carry costumes that have been turned in. Often they’ve only been worn once or twice. What a deal! And they sell them for a very reasonable price.

Find more including the Severed Head Dessert recipe, pet tips here…

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