Trick or Treat Candy for Halloween has been a tradition for many years!
Where did this tradition of trick or treating start? Well I thought that was a very good question myself! So I went and found out! Now, you will find out too! Plus I am sharing with you a few great Halloween treats you can fix for your Halloween Party!
I have also found the history of the Jack-o-lantern, just so you know how that started!
Have a great Halloween everyone!
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On All Hallows' Eve, it was believed that the doors opened between the world of the dead and the world of the living. All the spirits of the people who died during the previous year were thought to be traveling from their resting place to their place in the next world. The Celts placed food and drink out to sustain the spirits, and people concealed their identity with disguises to supposedly escape harm while they walked from house to house to enjoy food and drink. Many people also carved turnips to represent faces, marking the origination of today's jack-o-lanterns.When Christianity took root in northern Europe, these folk customs were incorporated into a Christian framework. Samhein became All Saints Day, a day to commemorate all dead saints and martyrs. All Saints Day was sometimes known as All Hallows' Day, and the night before, All Hallow's Eve, or Hallow e'en, which we today call Halloween.
The Celts brought their folk customs to America with them, where they took root and evolved over the years. Halloween was originally celebrated in America as a harvest festival. Carved turnips became carved pumpkins, which grew in abundance in America. Colorful costumes replaced disguises, and trick-or-treat evolved from presenting food and drink to the wandering spirits.
Where did Halloween begin?
How it all started and where it began!
Halloween (also spelled 'Halloween') is an annual holiday celebrated on October 31. It has roots in the Celtic festival of Samhain and the Christian holy day of All Saints, but is today largely a secular celebration.
Halloween activities include trick-or-treating , wearing costumes and attending costume parties, carving jack-o-lanterns, ghost tours, bonfires, apple bobbing, visiting haunted attractions, pranks, telling scary stories, and watching horror films.
Chocolate Witch Hair
Make this Halloween treat! Your kids will love it!
How to make Chocolate Witch Hair
You will need:
* 3 large shredded wheat bundles
* 1 6-ounce bag milk chocolate chips
* 3 tablespoons honey
* 1 tablespoon light brown sugar
* 2 tablespoons butter
Directions:
* Break up the shredded wheat bundles into single long strands, so they have the appearance of hair. Set aside.
* Place the honey, brown sugar, chocolate chips, and butter in a saucepan and heat over a low flame to melt. Stir constantly. Mixture should be smooth and glossy.
* Remove from heat and gently stir in the shredded wheat.
* When the shredded wheat is completely coated, scoop it onto waxed paper in small equal portions. Use a fork to gently rake hairs into one direction.
* Place in refrigerator for about thirty minutes.
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Trick or Treat
The history of Trick Or Treating
Trick or treat, Smell my feet
Give me something good to eat !!!
The history of "Trick or Treating" can be traced back to the early celebrations of All Soul's Day in Britain. The poor would go begging and the housewives would give them special treats called "soulcakes". This was called "going a-souling", and the "soulers" would promise to say a prayer for the dead.
Over time the custom changed and the town's children became the beggars. As they went from house to house they would be given apples, buns, and money.
During the Pioneer days of the American West, the housewives would give the children candy to keep from being tricked. The children would shout "Trick or Treat!".
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Ghosts in the Graveyard Cookies
A great Halloween recipe your kids will love! Having a Halloween party? Fix these!
Ingredients
* 1 pkg. (16 oz.) OREO Chocolate Sandwich Cookies
* 3-1/2 cups cold milk
* 2 pkg. (4-serving size each) JELL-O Chocolate Flavor Instant Pudding & Pie Filling
* 1 tub (12 oz.) COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, thawed
* Assorted cookies
* Assorted decorating icing
* FARLEY'S Indian Corn
* pumpkin candies
Directions
Preparation: CRUSH chocolate sandwich cookies in zipper-style plastic bag with rolling pin or in food processor. POUR cold milk into large bowl. Add pudding mixes. Beat with wire whisk 2 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes. Gently stir in 3 cups of the whipped topping and 1/2 of the crushed cookies. Spoon into 13x9-inch baking dish. Sprinkle with remaining crushed cookies. REFRIGERATE 1 hour or until ready to serve. DECORATE assorted cookies with icings to make "tombstones." Stand tombstones on top of dessert with Indian corn and pumpkins. Drop remaining whipped topping by spoonfuls onto dessert to make "Ghosts".
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Jack o' Lanterns
History of the Jack-o-Lantern
History of the Jack-o-LanternPeople have been making jack-o-lanterns at Halloween for centuries. The practice originated from an Irish myth about a man nicknamed "Stingy Jack." According to the story, Stingy Jack invited the Devil to have a drink with him. True to his name, Stingy Jack didn't want to pay for his drink, so he convinced the Devil to turn himself into a coin that Jack could use to buy their drinks. Once the Devil did so, Jack decided to keep the money and put it into his pocket next to a silver cross, which prevented the Devil from changing back into his original form. Jack eventually freed the Devil, under the condition that he would not bother Jack for one year and that, should Jack die, he would not claim his soul. The next year, Jack again tricked the Devil into climbing into a tree to pick a piece of fruit. While he was up in the tree, Jack carved a sign of the cross into the tree's bark so that the Devil could not come down until the Devil promised Jack not to bother him for ten more years.
Soon after, Jack died. As the legend goes, God would not allow such an unsavory figure into heaven. The Devil, upset by the trick Jack had played on him and keeping his word not to claim his soul, would not allow Jack into hell. He sent Jack off into the dark night with only a burning coal to light his way. Jack put the coal into a carved out turnip and has been roaming the Earth with it ever since. The Irish began to refer to this ghostly figure as "Jack of the Lantern," and then, simply "Jack O'Lantern."
In Ireland and Scotland, people began to make their own versions of Jack's lanterns by carving scary faces into turnips or potatoes and placing them into windows or near doors to frighten away Stingy Jack and other wandering evil spirits. In England, large beets are used. Immigrants from these countries brought the jack o'lantern tradition with them when they came to the United States. They soon found that pumpkins, a fruit native to America, make perfect jack o'lanterns.
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History of The Jack-o-lantern
Goblin' Delight A delightful treat for Halloween!
A quick and easy Halloween recipe
Goblin' Delight
You will need:
* 3 6-ounce packages semi-sweet chocolate chips
* 1 14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk
* 2 Teaspoons vanilla extract
* 1 1/2 cups chopped, dried mixed fruit (type used for fruit cake)
* A dash of salt
Directions:
* Line bottom of a 9-inch square pan with waxed paper.
* Put chocolate chips, milk, and salt into saucepan. Melt mixture over low heat, stirring constantly. When mixture is completely melted, remove from heat.
* Add vanilla and fruit. Stir with wooden spoon to blend mixture thoroughly.
* Pour mixture into lined pan and spread evenly with a rubber spatula. Place pan in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours.
* After it's chilled, invert onto cutting board and cut into 1-inch squares.
* Create different shapes by rolling squares in your hands or flattening them, short, round, be creative.
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- naturegirl7 naturegirl7 Oct 20, 2008 @ 5:31 pm
- I love the recipes and everything else.
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- a_willow a_willow Oct 20, 2008 @ 12:30 am
- I enjoyed learning a bit more about Halloween history! Specially liked Jack-a-Lantern story!
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- awelldressedbullet awelldressedbullet Oct 19, 2008 @ 8:19 pm
- I really enjoyed your lens, full of all kinds of interesting facts, trivia and fun! - Kathy
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- beeobrien beeobrien Oct 16, 2008 @ 12:07 pm
- Yummy and fun! Goblin' Delight sounds rich and delicious.
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- OhMe OhMe Oct 14, 2008 @ 10:43 am
- That Chocolate Witch Hair sounds good - the ingredients not the name! Great lens.
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- Mortira Mortira Oct 12, 2008 @ 8:07 pm
- Great lens! Thanks for sharing all of these great traditions and tales! *****
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- JaguarJulie JaguarJulie Oct 12, 2008 @ 12:19 pm
- Ah, Trick or Treat; Smell my feetl Give me something Good to eat! That takes me back wayyy tooo mannnny years. Great lens Thomas!
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- lou16 lou16 Oct 8, 2008 @ 12:23 am
- Goblin delight sounds delicious and I just so happen to have the ingredients.....guess I'm off to the kitchen.
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- emilyava emilyava Oct 2, 2008 @ 10:59 pm
- Good lens.
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- spirituality spirituality Sep 27, 2008 @ 6:09 am
- There's a similar tradition in the Netherlands: on November the 11th we celebrate 'st. Maarten'. Saint Martin gave half his robe to a begger and this symbolizes giving to the poor - which has moved to giving to kids. Not sure how old the custom is, but it involves kids, with lanterns, going by doors, singing songs and getting candy.
Not very different from Halloween, though there is no dressing up involved.
The custom surely has something to do with the nights getting shorter and winter coming on.
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- Jewelsofawe Jewelsofawe Sep 26, 2008 @ 10:01 pm
- Lots of Halloween goodies!
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- emilyava emilyava Sep 25, 2008 @ 7:10 am
- Thanks for giving good information good hallloween costumes.
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- EverythingMouse EverythingMouse Sep 12, 2008 @ 4:43 pm
- It is funny that trick or treating dates back to England. It is so much bigger a deal here in the US but I think it is now becoming popular over there too. Great to learn more about Halloween.
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- RichLeigh RichLeigh Sep 9, 2008 @ 7:49 pm
- A very interesting lens. Strongly set out and an absolute pleasure to read. I really enjoyed this one and found your writing to be both interesting and informative. Nice work there Thomas and I look forward to reading more lenses from you in the future!
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- enslavedbyfaeries enslavedbyfaeries Sep 6, 2008 @ 1:20 pm
- Oooo, I love the spooky graveyard print! It's great to know the history behind the tradition, which I happen to love. Thanks for a fun lens and sharing your recipes. :)
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