tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432867433045147222024-03-05T13:40:27.102-08:00Trick or Treat.Kerstihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05503859396540062148noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-343286743304514722.post-70727933521488211152010-10-31T17:10:00.000-07:002010-10-31T17:10:31.015-07:00Halloween poems.<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black;"><strong>Five Little Pumpkin Sitting On A Gate</strong></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black;">Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate,<br />
The first one said,<br />
"Oh my, it's getting late."<br />
The second one said,<br />
"But we don't care."<br />
The third one said,<br />
"I see witches in the air."<br />
The fourth one said,<br />
"Let's run, and run, and run."<br />
The fifth one said,<br />
"Get ready for some fun."<br />
Then whoosh went the wind,<br />
and out went the lights,<br />
And five little pumpkins rolled out of sight!</span></span> <br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black;"><strong>Spooks</strong>- by <i>Sandra Liatsos</i><br />
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There's a goblin at my window,<br />
A monster by my door.<br />
The pumpkin at my table<br />
Keeps on smiling more and more.<br />
There's a ghost who haunts my bedroom,<br />
A witch whose face is green.<br />
They used to be my family,<br />
Till they dressed for Halloween.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black;"><strong></strong></span></span> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black;"><strong>The Scariest Thing</strong>- by <i>Mairi Tereas Gallagher</i><br />
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Some things are scary<br />
Others are not,<br />
Like ghosts and goblins,<br />
And things that rot<br />
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Cats and dogs are not scary<br />
At all,<br />
All they do is play chase<br />
And catch a ball.<br />
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But the scariest thing<br />
Creeps around at night,<br />
Looking for victims<br />
To scratch and bite.<br />
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It hides its face<br />
It's too ugly to see,<br />
It rules all the monsters,<br />
Both tall and wee.<br />
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Those who've seen his face,<br />
Their eyes burst and bleed,<br />
They beg for mercy<br />
"Spare us, spare us," they plead.<br />
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But he's not a giver<br />
He takes what he finds,<br />
All sorts of people<br />
Both sightseers and blind.<br />
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You've got the picture,<br />
That he is the king<br />
Of everything scary,<br />
Every little scary thing.<br />
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So watch out at night 'cause if<br />
By him you're seen,<br />
He'll give you an evil grin<br />
And say...<br />
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HAPPY HALLOWEEN!</span></span><br />
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poems: <a href="http://www.theholidayspot.com/halloween/poems.htm">http://www.theholidayspot.com/halloween/poems.htm</a>Kerstihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05503859396540062148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-343286743304514722.post-80838147688646571302010-10-31T14:22:00.000-07:002010-10-31T14:22:07.822-07:00Popular halloween game - bobbing for appes.<div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">The oldest and most well known Halloween party game is Bobbing for Apples, originally known as Ducking for Apples. The game, which originated in the British Isles, dates back to at least three hundred years and originally had something to do with fortune telling as noted by British author W.H. Davenport Adams. <br />
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<li>Place apples into the water, they will float.</li>
<li>Have party guests try to catch and remove apples from the water by grabbing them with their teeth.</li>
<li>Hands are not allowed.</li>
</ol></div>Players will usually get wet when playing this game, so have some towels available for guests to dry off with.<br />
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</div><div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Other games:</div><div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><h3 class="dynamic">Sticky Face</h3>This old fashioned party game is played by hanging sticky treats from the ceiling on long strings, and having players eat the treats without using their hands. In the past, treacle or syrup-coated scones were used, as well as apples covered in toffee.<br />
The updated version of this game can feature any kind of treat. Glazed donuts are a popular modern day choice for this game, as they are easy to tie on to a string and are very sticky. Any type of treat that can be tied to a string will work, the fun part is getting as sticky as possible.<br />
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<li>Hang the strings from the ceiling, so that the treats hang down to a length in which players will be able to eat them with their mouths.</li>
<li>Have players stand underneath the treat of their choice, and eat it without using their hands.</li>
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<li>Give each team a roll of white crepe paper or toilet paper</li>
<li>Say to the teams, "Ready, set, go!"</li>
<li>Have the teams race to wrap the mummy in the paper from head to toe.</li>
<li>The first team to wrap their mummy completely wins.</li>
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all information: <a href="http://www.suite101.com/content/traditional-halloween-party-games-a149270">http://www.suite101.com/content/traditional-halloween-party-games-a149270</a></div></div>Kerstihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05503859396540062148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-343286743304514722.post-768259613733320662010-10-23T13:47:00.000-07:002010-10-23T13:47:05.401-07:00Pumpkins.<span style="font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Pumpkin is the fruit of the species <i><a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Cucurbita_pepo" title="Cucurbita pepo"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Cucurbita pepo</span></a></i> or <i><a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Cucurbita_mixta" title="Cucurbita mixta"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Cucurbita mixta</span></a></i>. It can refer to a specific variety of the species <i><a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Cucurbita_maxima" title="Cucurbita maxima"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Cucurbita maxima</span></a></i> or <i><a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Cucurbita_moschata" title="Cucurbita moschata"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Cucurbita moschata</span></a></i>, which are all of the genus <i><a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Cucurbita" title="Cucurbita"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Cucurbita</span></a></i> and the family </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Cucurbitaceae" title="Cucurbitaceae"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Cucurbitaceae</span></em></span></a><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">.</span></em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Since some squash share the same botanical classifications as pumpkins, the names are frequently used interchangeably. In general, pumpkin stems are more rigid, prickly, and angular (with an approximate five-degree angle) than squash stems, which are generally softer, more rounded, and more flared where joined to the fruit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The word pumpkin originates from the word <i>pepon</i> (πέπων), which is Greek for “large melon". The </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France" title="France"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">French</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> adapted this word to <i>pompon</i>, which the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">British</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> changed to <i>pumpion</i> and later American colonists changed that to the word we use today, "pumpkin".<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated2007_2-0"> </sup>The origin of pumpkins is not definitively known, although they are thought to have originated in </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America" title="North America"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">North America</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">. The oldest evidence, pumpkin-related seeds dating between 7000 and 5500 B.C., were found in </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Mexico</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">. Pumpkins are a </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squash_%28plant%29" title="Squash (plant)"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">squash</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">-like fruit that range in size from less than 1 pound (0.45 kilograms) to over 1,000 pounds (453.59 kilograms).</span><br />
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information: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumpkin">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumpkin</a>Kerstihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05503859396540062148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-343286743304514722.post-17050554239742180372010-10-21T03:40:00.000-07:002010-10-21T03:40:38.787-07:00Stingy JackStingy Jack, perhaps also known as Jack the Smith and Jack of the Lantern, is a mythical character apparently associated with All Hallows Eve. It is common lore that the "jack-o'-lantern" is derived from the character.<br />
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The Story.<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><br style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;" /></span><blockquote style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><blockquote><span style="font-size: small;">Stingy Jack was a miserable, old drunk who loved playing tricks on anyone and everyone. One dark, Halloween night, Jack ran into the Devil himself in a local public house. Jack tricked the Devil by offering his soul in exchange for one last drink. The Devil quickly turned himself into a sixpence to pay the bartender, but Jack immediately snatched the coin and deposited it into his pocket, next to a silver cross that he was carrying. Thus, the Devil could not change himself back and Jack refused to allow the Devil to go free until the Devil had promised not to claim Jack's soul for ten years.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> The Devil agreed, and ten years later Jack again came across the Devil while out walking on a country road. The Devil tried collecting what he was due, but Jack thinking quickly, said, "I'll go, but before I do, will you get me an apple from that tree?"</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">The Devil, thinking he had nothing to lose, jumped up into the tree to retrieve an apple. As soon as he did, Jack placed crosses all around the trunk of the tree, thus trapping the Devil once again. This time, Jack made the Devil promise that he would not take his soul when he finally died. Seeing no way around his predicament, the Devil grudgingly agreed.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> When Stingy Jack eventually passed away several years later, he went to the Gates of Heaven, but was refused entrance because of his life of drinking and because he had been so tight-fisted and deceitful. So, Jack then went down to Hell to see the Devil and find out whether it were possible to gain entrance into the depths of Hell, but the Devil kept the promise that had been made to Jack years earlier, and would not let him enter.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">"But where can I go?" asked Jack.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">"Back to where you came from!" replied the Devil.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">The way back was windy and very dark. Stingy Jack pleaded with the Devil to at least provide him with a light to help find his way. The Devil, as a final gesture, tossed Jack an ember straight from the fires of Hell. Jack placed the ember in a hollowed-out turnip...one of Jack's favorite foods which he always carried around with him whenever he could steal one. From that day forward, Stingy Jack has been doomed to roam the earth without a resting place and with only his lit turnip to light the way in the darkness.</span></blockquote></blockquote><br />
story: http://www.novareinna.com/festive/jack.html<br />
picture: http://www.novareinna.com/festive/jack.htmlKerstihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05503859396540062148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-343286743304514722.post-55376404393471259172010-10-21T03:30:00.000-07:002010-10-21T03:30:27.945-07:00Halloween colours.Halloween colours are <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"></span><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">black<span style="background-color: black;"></span></span> and <span style="background-color: orange; color: black;">orange</span>. <br />
It is thought that the colours orange and black became Halloween colours because orange is associated with harvests (Halloween marks the end of harvest) and black is associated with death.<br />
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picture: http://www.health-fitness.com.au/pumpkin/<br />
information: http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/Halloween/facts.htmKerstihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05503859396540062148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-343286743304514722.post-18372705867277881992010-10-21T03:14:00.000-07:002010-10-21T03:20:17.416-07:00Soul Cakes.<span lang="EN" style="color: black;">A Soul cake is a small round <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cake" title="Cake"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">cake</span></a> which is traditionally made for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Souls%27_Day" title="All Souls' Day"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">All Souls' Day</span></a> to celebrate the dead. The cakes, often simply referred to as souls, were given out to soulers (mainly consisting of children and the poor) who would go from door to door on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallowmas" title="Hallowmas"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">Hallowmas</span></a> singing and saying prayers for the dead. Each cake eaten would represent a soul being freed from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purgatory" title="Purgatory"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">Purgatory</span></a>. The practice of giving and eating soul cakes is often seen as the origin of modern <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trick_or_Treat" title="Trick or Treat"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">Trick or Treating</span></a>.</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">picture: <a href="http://www.kitchencontessa.com/2009/10/soul-cake-for-every-little-ghost-and.html">http://www.kitchencontessa.com/2009/10/soul-cake-for-every-little-ghost-and.html</a></div><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black;">The tradition of giving Soul Cakes originated in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain" title="Great Britain"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">Britain</span></a> or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">Ireland</span></a> during the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">Middle Ages</span></a>, although similar practices for the souls of the dead were found as far south as Italy. </span><br />
<span lang="EN" style="color: black;">The cakes were usually filled with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allspice" title="Allspice"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">allspice</span></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutmeg" title="Nutmeg"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">nutmeg</span></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinnamon" title="Cinnamon"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">cinnamon</span></a>, or other sweet spices, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raisins" title="Raisins"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">raisins</span></a> or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zante_currant" title="Zante currant"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">currants</span></a>, and later were topped with the mark of a cross. They were traditionally set out with glasses of wine on All Hallows Eve, and on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Saints_Day" title="All Saints Day"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">All Saints Day</span></a> children would go "souling" by calling out:</span><br />
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<div style="border: medium none;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black;">Soul, Soul, a soul cake!</span><span lang="EN" style="color: black;"><br />
I pray thee, good missus, a soul cake!<br />
One for Peter, two for Paul,<br />
three for Him what made us all!<br />
Soul Cake, soul cake, please good missus, a soul cake.<br />
An apple, a pear, a plum, or a cherry, any good thing to make us all merry.<br />
One for Peter, two for Paul, & three for Him who made us all.</span><br />
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information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_cake<br />
<span lang="EN" style="color: black;">To make soul cakes you need :</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">1 1/2 cups milk</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">2 1/2oz vegetable shortening</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">4 1/2 tsp yeast or 2 packages</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">1/3 cup warm water</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">2 eggs beaten</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">1/4 cup sugar</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">1 1/2 tsp salt</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">1 tsp nutmeg</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">23 oz flour</span></div><div style="border: medium none;"></div><div style="border: medium none;"> information: <a href="http://www.kitchencontessa.com/2009/10/soul-cake-for-every-little-ghost-and.html">http://www.kitchencontessa.com/2009/10/soul-cake-for-every-little-ghost-and.htm</a><span lang="EN" style="color: black;"> </span></div>Kerstihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05503859396540062148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-343286743304514722.post-43946054660377131642010-10-20T08:01:00.000-07:002010-10-20T08:01:56.062-07:00Halloween traditions.<span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ET;">Two main traditions of halloween are trick-or-treating and carving pumpkins. Carved pumpkins are also called Jack-O'-Laterns.<br />
</span><b><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ET; mso-themecolor: text1;">Trick-or-treating.</span></u></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ET;"><br />
</span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ET;">Trick-or-treating</span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ET;"> is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_(norm)" title="Convention (norm)"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">custom</span></a> for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children" title="Children"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">children</span></a> on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween" title="Halloween"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Halloween</span></a>. Children proceed in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costume" title="Costume"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">costume</span></a> from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House" title="House"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">house</span></a> to house, asking for treats such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy" title="Candy"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">candy</span></a>, or sometimes <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money" title="Money"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">money</span></a>, with the question, "trick or treat?" The "trick" is a (usually idle) threat to perform mischief on the homeowners or their property if no treat is given.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ET;"><br />
</span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ET;">In the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">United States</span></a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada" title="Canada"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Canada</span></a>, trick-or-treating is now one of the main traditions of Halloween and it has become socially expected that if one lives in a neighborhood with children one should purchase treats in preparation for trick-or-treaters.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ET;"><br />
</span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ET;">The tradition of going from door to door receiving food already existed in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain" title="Great Britain"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Britain</span></a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Ireland</span></a>, in the form of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souling" title="Souling"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">souling</span></a>, where children and poor people would sing and say prayers for the dead in return for cakes. Guising — children disguised in costumes going from door to door for food and coins — also predates trick or treat, and was traditional at Halloween in late 19th century Scotland and Ireland. While going from door to door has remained popular among Scots and Irish, the North American custom of saying "trick or treat" has recently become common. The activity is prevalent in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">United States</span></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">United Kingdom</span></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada" title="Canada"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Canada</span></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Ireland</span></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Puerto Rico</span></a>, and northwestern and central <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Mexico</span></a>.</span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ET;">Sections of the pumpkin are cut out to make a hole often depicting a face, usually menacing like a demon or devil. A variety of tools may be used to carve and hollow out the gourd, ranging from simple knives and spoons to specialized instruments, typically sold in holiday sections of grocery stores. Printed stencils can be used as a guide for increasingly complex designs. After carving, a light source (traditionally a candle) is placed inside the pumpkin and the top is put back into place. The light illuminates the design from the inside. Sometimes a chimney is carved in. It is possible to create surprisingly <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art" title="Art"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">artistic</span></a> designs, be they simple or intricate in nature. But towards the end of the 20th century, artists began expressing every kind of idea they could imagine on pumpkins. Today, it is common to see portraits of political candidates, celebrities and cartoon characters. Pumpkin painting is also common, especially for children whose parents don't want them handling the sharp tools involved in carving.<br />
The tradition of carving a lantern started in Ireland. However it was traditionally carved from a swede or a turnip. They were carved on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween" title="Halloween"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">All Hallows' Eve</span></a> and left on the door step to ward off evil spirits. An offering or, as we now know it, a "treat" would also be commonly left, as it was feared if you didn't the demons and spirits would fiddle with property or live stock (play a "trick"). Once the tradition moved to the USA it was adapted to the carving of a pumpkin as these were more readily available and easier to carve. The ritual of "trick or treating" was soon invented<sup> </sup>to re-create the coming of demons and ghouls on the night to dwellings requesting a treat (which is now traditionally given as candy) or a trick would be played. The demons and ghouls are now of course children dressed up to represent them.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlK5iNlALvxTipJ_MBuHv5c1oz9wAjzwA6AUeiHmdDMi2kYe5mI22Vgo6DoLSgsDNa5RU1iaahCSq9d6fHnArVDjGosQFsUA-_2mYa5r5ExwClRNN2kkUoIZXUsBms7Rr2tZbvtiQ2slM/s1600/Sunday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlK5iNlALvxTipJ_MBuHv5c1oz9wAjzwA6AUeiHmdDMi2kYe5mI22Vgo6DoLSgsDNa5RU1iaahCSq9d6fHnArVDjGosQFsUA-_2mYa5r5ExwClRNN2kkUoIZXUsBms7Rr2tZbvtiQ2slM/s320/Sunday.jpg" width="236" /></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ET;">picture: <a href="http://www.pumpkin-carving.com/"><span style="color: #674ea7; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.pumpkin-carving.com/</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ET;"><br />
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information about trick-or-treating: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trick_or_treating"><span style="color: #674ea7; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trick_or_treating</span></a><br />
information about pumpkin carving: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumpkin_carving"><span style="color: #674ea7; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumpkin_carving</span></a></span></div>Kerstihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05503859396540062148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-343286743304514722.post-75523912775553188922010-10-19T07:41:00.000-07:002010-10-19T07:41:47.812-07:00Where does the word “Halloween” come from?<span style="background-color: white;">Halloween</span> was originally a Pagan Holy day called "All Hallows Eve." It was one of four, and the most powerful, holy days throughout the year when spirits could walk the earth and communicate with the living.<br />
The <span style="background-color: white;">word Halloween</span> comes from All-Hallows-Eve as it is at the end off All-Hallows-day which is also know as All-Saints-Day. Although now All-Saints-Day falls one day after <span style="background-color: white;">Halloween</span>, they use to be celebrated together on the same day.<br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Halloween</span> was originally called All Hallows' Eve which means the evening before All Saints' Day. "Hallow" is an Old English word for "saint". This was shortened to Halloween.<br />
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