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Halloween My Favorite Holiday
Halloween is my favorite holiday. It's so much fun and I look forward to it every year. There's just something about spooky stuff that excites me ever since I was a kid.
I had fun listening to scary ghost stories and watching horror movies, although I had to pay the price of getting scared in the dark. I would even make vampires out of women by adding fangs and drops of blood on their pictures which finally got me in trouble with my dad :)
When the leaves start to change colors, when the heat and humidity of the dog days of summer are finally replaced by cool and crisp air, and occasional drizzly, foggy nights, it's time for the spirits from yonder world to roam the earth.
Ghosts, ghouls, vampires, and other spooky creatures along with Jack O'Lanterns start to decorate homes, stores, and other places. Yes, those may be just Halloween decorations but are there real ghosts and creatures of the night lurking somewhere... maybe close to you? Hmmm...
Anyway, it's time for Halloween fun!
Halloween Fun Table of Contents
- How many more days till Halloween?
- Halloween fun facts and history
- Decorate your house for Halloween
- Fun Halloween costumes for the entire family
- Great Halloween costumes at bargain prices
- Give fun Halloween gifts
- Variety of fun Halloween products
- More Halloween fun activities
- Halloween fun treats
- Halloween fun or scary movies
- Rent great movies for Halloween
- Aiden's Halloween Fun Guestbook
(Halloween is October 31, 2008)
Halloween fun facts and history
A lot of kids go out "trick-or-treating" from door to door in the neighborhood collecting treats, usually candies but can be other things like fruits and other goodies.
Halloween started as a pagan holiday known as Samhain (pronounced "sow-en") celebrated by the Celts. It is the third harvest festival of the year, and is the time when the veil between the living world and the spirit world is the thinnest. So the spirits of the dead are free to roam the earth, and folks would honor them by offering various "treats."
People would wear masks to confuse or frighten the evil spirits. They also decorate their houses with lighted carved pumpkins (originally turnips) known as Jack-o-Lantern to welcome friendly spirits and scare away the unwanted ones.
The Catholic church then counteracted this pagan holiday (as they did with several others) by moving All Saints' Day from May 13 to November 1. Thus the name Halloween stems from all hallows (or saints) evening, which is the evening before All Saints' Day.
The European immigrants carried their tradition to North America in the 19th century, and today Halloween is celebrated throughout most of the western world.
However, not everyone celebrates Halloween, particularly those that are religiously devout. They believe Halloween is of the Devil or at least has evil origins, and they want no part of. They would go as far as forbidding their children from participating in the festivities of the holiday like wearing costumes or going out trick-or-treating.
I personally don't share that view. I believe celebrating Halloween is totally harmless, especially if it's all done in the spirit of fun. It's not like we worship the Devil or demons and turn into evil people by celebrating Halloween. Anyone can believe whatever they want but shouldn't impose it on others and try to prevent them from having fun and enjoying life.
Well, enough of that... on with Halloween fun :) So how can you make this holiday more exciting? There are plenty of Halloween fun activities you can take part in.
Decorate your house for Halloween
Isn't it fun to decorate your house and make it look like a haunted house throughout the month of October? Many people actually do that. Oh wait, it's actually getting earlier every year. You will see ghosts, ghouls, goblins, and other scary creatures appearing in stores even in August!Some people (including me) have started decorating their homes for Halloween in September. I have seen houses that looked so spooky with grave stones, skeletons, bats, and other creepy stuff.
To me Halloween is not complete without Jack-o-Lantern which is the hallmark of Halloween. So, go out and buy at least 1 pumpkin and carve it yourself. It's a lot of fun! You can then display your very own Jack O'Lantern on the porch or by the front door and light it at night to create an eerie sight.
I also like ghosts. Yes, those spooky looking white ghosts with black eyes and mouth :) I always have one at home and sometimes I get scared myself in the dark, he he!
Cobwebs and spiders also make great Halloween decorations. It's quite easy to put fake cobwebs all over your house if you don't already have some real ones :)
Those are just a few Halloween decorations I like. You can read more about fun Halloween decorating ideas or come up with your own. Just use your imagination.
Fun Halloween costumes for the entire family
You can basically dress up as anything you like and get away with it on Halloween. It doesn't even have to be something scary. Since I like going barefoot I also love dressing as Incredible Hulk or Tom Sawyer :) Great Halloween costumes are not hard to find but you need to shop early.
My wife is a fan of Lord of the Rings. If you're like her, you may want to look for some Lord of the Rings costumes. She told me I should dress as a Hobbit in bare feet. Well, I'm not too sure about that since their feet are huge and ugly (sorry, Hobbits!), and mine are not :p I would actually have to wear shoes that look like Hobbit's feet to make them look real. Yuck!
Oh, if you have a baby you certainly want to include them in the Halloween festivities. What could be more appropriate than having them wear cute Halloween costumes for babies.
Great Halloween costumes at bargain prices
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Give fun Halloween gifts
Hey, you can even give something to those who don't celebrate Halloween just to get them in the spirit of the season. Nothing wrong with that! That's what another friend of mine Susie did. You can read what she did with some fun Halloween gift baskets.
Variety of fun Halloween products
Department 56 Halloween Village Accessory: Halloween Sounds Scene
Price: $50.00
Collectible Department 56(R) Halloween Village Accessory Fills Your Halloween Village with Cemetery Charm and Spooky Sound! - You can't have a haunted... more »
Roseanne - Halloween Edition (DVD)
Price: $14.98
The Roseanne clan goes all out with this collection of favorite Halloween episodes. Starring Roseanne Barr, John Goodman, Sara Gilbert, Alicia Goranso... more »
Various Artists - Just Can`t Get Enough: New Wave Halloween
Price: $11.98
Track Listing:Time Warp, The - (from The Rocky Horror Picture Show)Everyday Is Halloween - MinistryDevil In My Car - The B-52'sDead Man's Party - Oing... more »
Department 56 Halloween Village Accessory: Halloween Creepy Street
Price: $20.00
Collectible Department 56(R) Halloween Village Accessory Adds Creepy Charm to Any Street in Your Halloween Village! - Watch your step! When you add th... more »
More Halloween fun activities
Going to haunted houses is a fun Halloween activity for your whole family. You can find haunted houses at various theme parks, as well as free standing ones often run by charity organizations throughout the month of October. Of course, you can visit some real haunted houses if you're brave! :)If you have kids you can plan a fun Halloween party at home where they can invite their friends and play fun games and have some yummy treats. You can also read them some scary stories or get them some fun coloring books with spooky Halloween pictures.
Halloween fun treats
I also like apples and with caramel coating they taste even better :)
I like cookies but not just any kind. I especially love those with sugar icing or glaze. Again, I can eat them anytime but during Halloween I can find sugar coated cookies crafted into my favorite Halloween figures such as Jack-O-Lanterns, ghosts, and vampire bats. Mmm, yummy!
Halloween fun or scary movies
I love Dracula movies, especially those with Christopher Lee. He's my favorite Dracula actor. The scariest Dracula movie I saw as a kid was actually a Japanese version called "Lake of Dracula." I was only 12 at the time and got so scared that I had a hard time sleeping at night for many weeks later.
Just like Halloween costumes, Halloween movies don't all have to be scary. There are fun and funny cartoon movies for kids as well as comedy-horror movies for adults. There's a comedy Dracula movie I like titled "Love At First Bite" starring George Hamilton.
Rent great movies for Halloween
- 001- Saw
Would you die to live? That's what two men, Adam (Leigh Whannell) and Gordon (Cary Elwes), have to a...- 002- Underworld: Evolution
Working together to expose the truth about their bloodlines, vampire warrior Selene (Kate Beckinsale...- 003- Saw II
Detective Eric Matthews (Donnie Wahlberg) desperately tries to catch notorious killer Jigsaw in this...- 004- Hostel
Seeking out the quintessential college experience by backpacking through Europe, two American studen...- 005- The Messengers
When Roy and Denise Solomon (Dylan McDermott and Penelope Ann Miller) move onto a run-down North Dak...- Try Netflix free for 14 days
Aiden's Halloween Fun Guestbook
Do you like Halloween? Why or why not? What fun things do you do for Halloween? Share with us. Remember to be nice and keep it fun! :)
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SatelliteGuy
The video list on Netflix reminds me of my favourite Halloween movie: H20. Posted February 04, 2008 |
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GypsyPirate
Super lens! Thanks for joining us in The SquidBOO Home! Posted October 25, 2007 |
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I'm featuring your page on Squidoo-It-All! Posted October 19, 2007 |
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Jimi
Nice job Aiden! I've rolled you too. Posted October 16, 2007 |
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Lisa-Marie-Mary
Great Halloween lens, Aiden! Lots of good information! :D Posted October 14, 2007 |
