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Halloween
Halloween is a holiday celebrated on October 31. It has roots in the Celtic festival of Samhain and the Christian holy day of All Saints. Ask any questions associated with Halloween such as jack-o'-lanterns, trick-or-treating, ghosts, bonfires, costumes, haunted houses, reading scary stories, and watching horror movies, to name a few.
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Can you buy all the Halloween town movies in a bundle package?
Haven't seen them all together but amazon has them for cheap with free shipping. You can get the first two movies together as a bundle though.
Why did people think these things happened on Halloween?
people thought Halloween was when whitches and ghouls killed people and pretended to be them by "putting on"their faces, and hanging their bodies on their porches.
Where does Halloween rank out of the others holidays?
It has been CLAIMED, not verified that Commercially ( business related sales, etc) Halloween is the second largest holiday ranking only after, of course, Christmas. I cannot verify this but a friend of mine heard this on a news radio station. I would say that Easter played (Rhythm Guitar) behind Yule but evidentally, and tragically, Halloween with all its morbid and vandalism-oriented pranks has risen above Easter as the second biggest commercial holiday.
What Halloween foods do kids eat?
Usually, Candy is the biggest thing in the US for Halloween. Things like snickers, chocolate bars, candy corn, and cookies are very popular for trick-or-treating. Sometimes if you're lucky, somebody will put something really cool in your trick-or-treat bag, such as a really good Halloween cookies. One time, I got this amazingly crafted Halloween cookie that was so good I went back to the house and asked the person where they got it and they gave me the website for it lol. Check it out, it'll give you an example of really good Halloween food.
Is there any Halloween costumes for a group of 5?
Well, let's think: What comes in groups or packages of 5? In the Chinese culture, the 5 elements are Earth, Fire, Water, Wood, and Metal.
Besides that, all I can think of are the 5 Pillars of Islam - Prayer, Giving, Fasting, Pilgrimage, and Profession. I suppose you could each dress as a pillar with one of those words inscribed on the front.
Do kids go trick or treating in London UK?
Yes people in London do go trick or treating but christians don't.So if you are a christian do not do it because it is against Gods law it is a SIN.
Many Christians go, there is nothing wrong with it.
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No matter what type of Halloween costume you're looking for, you'll find it at Halloween Express. They have costumes for men, women, children, and even pets. Group costumes, individual costumes, and couples costumes are all available in this one store. Whether you want to buy scary Halloween costumes, funny costumes, classic Halloween costumes, sexy costumes, or anything in between, you'll find the absolute biggest selection at Halloween Express.
If you prefer to make your own Halloween costume with special effects makeup and latex appliances, Halloween Express has those too. Find a complete line of attachable scars, cuts, and burns that look completely real. Be a murder victim for Halloween by attaching a piercing rod into your skull, or have a table saw protruding from your chest. The effects are extremely convincing, and can be purchased for a fraction of the cost of a full costume.
But if you think Halloween Express is just about costumes and accessories, you couldn't be more wrong. Halloween Express has a 'killer' selection of Halloween decorations for the home, office, or school, as well as all the party supplies you will need for an eerie good celebration. One of the most exciting things they offer is their complete line of animatronics. These animated statues and dummies move, talk, light up, scream, crawl, and move just like expensive movie props. They'll terrify your guests and greet trick or treaters, whether they like it or not. Halloween Express has these animatronics operating in the store so you can see them first hand, or watch how they work via video online.
In addition to decorating the inside of your house with decorations from Halloween Express, you can dress up the yard too. Find authentic-looking tombstones, caskets, and spooky silhouettes. Host a haunted house with sound effect CDs, strobe lights, fog machines, and other haunted house props available in stores and online.
Do kids trick or treat on Sunday?
Usually they wait until dark to go door-door. The very little ones do it at school during the day usually wearing costumes & there are places like hospitals, etc that hand it out all day.
How do you make a homemade tiger costume?
Take a trip to Africa. Kill a Tiger, and then fend of the rest of the pack. Then nuke the area where you got the tiger so that you can't get tracked. Take the insides out of the tiger and roll in them. You'll get the smell. Then throw the insides at your neighbor. Take the skin of the tiger and put it on. Scare the hell out of your neighbors, then eat your neighbors. Wallah a tiger costume.
What does Halloween stand for?
if you mean what is it celebrated for then .. its to celebrate the dead :D
What charity collects money on Halloween to help children?
UNICEF stands for "United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund" and is a charity that helps provide food and healthcare for children in developing countries. At Halloween they do 'Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF" as a way to raise funds for the program.
Why does Halloween have a lot of scary decorations?
All Hallow's Eve -- or Halloween as we abbreviate it -- is a celebration of death. Death is always creepy.
Do they celebrate Halloween in Greece?
As with many Central European countries, Halloween has only recently caught on in Greece - since about 2005. Young children and teenagers DO go trick-or-treating there, though many elderly residents haven't a clue what they're talking about.
What two holidays were combined to create Halloween?
It is claimed but incorrect that the Holidays referred to are originally All Hallows Eve and the celebration of Guy Fawks Night (5th November) which occurs to celebrate The Gun Powder Plot when Fawks and a cohort attempted to blow up the British Parliment.
However, these two events are not classed as actual holidays. the first a a celebration of the end of summer and begining of winter which dates back to Pagan rights and were celebrated by the Celtic people of iremand Scotland Wales Cornwall in England and Brittany
How did Halloween become to be?
Halloween has had been around since medieval times in some form. The present Halloween customs came about in the year 1911.
When did the Halloween holidays originate?
The History Channel has a great Documentary that explains about the origination of Halloween which is a mixture of Celtic and Catholic tradition which began in Europe and was brought to America by the the European immigrants main y the Irish Catholics. This was the end of Summer and Oct 31 became All Hallows Eve which was believed to be a time when spirits roamed around looking for bodies to inhabit. Peoplewere superstitious at that time and believed this so much that they would dress up in costumes to disguise themselves to confuse and frighten spirits away and so they would not be selected by the spirits for "posession" of their bodies. Also animals were believed to be reincarniated from the souls fo the dead. Tradition has changed over the years replacing turnips with pumkins which was something americans chose to do and ruling out all other small animals stickin gwiht the only black cats displaying them in their windows to frighten celebrate Halloween along with spiders not necessarily to frighten off spirits as much as to entertain and frighten young tricker treaters.
The term Trick or Treat came from the same religious attempt to protect souls. Women, girls and pesants would go door to door seeking gifts or "soul cakes" to pay penance for their loved ones in purgatory so they could gain passage into heaven through this gift offering. There are numerous other translations of this "trick or treating" story and there are other variations where late on home invasion took place and men would rob the homes of families in Ireland saying "Trick or Treat". The treat was all the money and jewelry they had and the trick was if the family did not give enough to please the bandits they would torture and rape, or even kill the family. The bandits would still get their "treat" and then burn the house down. This is real. If you do your research you will find it. :o) Happy Hunting.
Do christians think Halloween is a holiday?
For the most part, yes. Halloween (also known as Hallows Eve) glorifies Satan Demons and Witchcraft.
Why do the evil spirits supposedly come out on Halloween?
Halloween originated with the ancient Celtic celebration of Samhain.
The Celts celebrated their new year on November 1 (also known as All Saints Day) and believed that the night before, ghosts of the dead returned to earth. To ward off evil spirits, they would dress in costume so to not be recognizable.
Why do you think the pumpkin is a symbol of Halloween?
According to legend, the jack o'lantern was named after a reprobate Irishman called Stingy Jack who tricked the Devil into promising he wouldn't go to hell for his sins. When Jack died he learned he was barred from heaven, so he went down to the gates of hell after all to beg for a final resting place. Wouldn't you know it, the Devil kept his promise, dooming Jack to wander the earth for all eternity with only an ember of hellfire of to light his way. Thenceforth he was known as Jack O'Lantern.
How do people celebrate Halloween in Japan?
Obon (お盆) or just Bon (盆) is a Japanese Buddhist custom to honor the spirits of one's ancestors. This Buddhist-Confucian custom has evolved into a family reunion holiday during which people return to ancestral family places and visit and clean their ancestors' graves, and when the spirits of ancestors are supposed to revisit the household altars. It has been celebrated in Japan for more than 500 years and traditionally includes a dance, known as Bon-Odori.
