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Be Prepared – It’s Halloween!
Halloween will soon be here again!!
October 31st is around the corner and frenzied parents are already rushing around for costumes,
decorations, treats and anything that will contribute to the ‘best Halloween ever’.
The competition is stiff – all the neighbours are decorating their homes and the children all want to have
the most unusual costumes to outdo their friends.
So much to choose from!! You can rush off to the nearest Department Store or you can sit at home and
order everything on-line. The age of technology has made this exercise pleasant, hassle free, and a key-
stroke away!!
Shopping on-line for Halloween accessories is even better than going to the store. You don’t have to
rubble through all the unpackaged and disorganized costumes. Shopping is orderly! It’s an adventure
finding decorations because there are so many to choose from as you sit comfortably at home, and
ponder upon what will make the biggest impact.
Once you find the perfect ‘one stop shop’ online the fun begins!
What will you shop for first? I think costumes are a great start. Now you need adults’ and children’s
costumes. Halloween will not be Halloween without the ever popular Vampires, Witches, Werewolves,
Frankensteins, Dead People, Bloodied people – just think gore and it’s there for you!
Some people prefer ‘pretty’ costumes, so you go right ahead and be a Fairy, Angel, Lady of the Night,
whatever you want to be. Halloween night is your night!! Be sure and wear a mask to add to the
intrigue of the evening and the darkness!
Children, particularly the teenagers, are extremely creative and many will opt to make their costumes
from old clothing, but will need accessories, like makeup, paint, glitter, so there again, online is the place
to be for all their needs.
Of course it is important to remember what your disguise was the year before!!
Having chosen your costumes the next huge step is decorations. Again, the list is endless. Halloween
is not complete with all the scary little insects, like Spiders, Cobwebs, Bats, Blood and anything that can
scare anyone. The latest electronic sounds are awesome and eerie!! There are those that scream as
someone passes by; some laugh like one imagines the dead would.
And don’t forget good old Jack-O-Lantern. His face can be happy or scary – the choice is yours.
The goodies!! The shops are overflowing with candy of every size, color and flavour. Although you may
be out collecting your treats, you must remember to have lots of goodies for your scary little visitors!
It can be really funny if someone dresses in a scary costume, answers the door to hand out candy and
scares the daylights out of the tricksters!! The fun you will have doing that can be quite an experience.
So go boldly – make this Halloween the scariest and most memorable one – until next year!
The Best of Halloween
Halloween creates almost as much excitement as Christmas!!
It is actually said to be the second largest commercially successful celebration second to Christmas. These two events are however, miles apart in meaning and portrayal.
The shops overflow with decorations and costumes that are irresistible to the over exuberant shoppers whose main objective is to be the scariest, funniest, most unusual and gory masquerader on the streets on the night that belongs to the ‘undead’.
BLOOD, becomes the order of the day for those evil spirits!!
Halloween with all the really scary and morbid characters in the form of ghosts and goblins still attracts little fairies, angels, rabbits, cartoon characters, actions figures and so many other characters that are absolutely unrelated to the true meaning of Halloween. This softens the gore usually associated with that supposedly gruesome night!
Perhaps this is what makes it such a festive occasion. The excitement lies in the ‘mystery’ of who is behind the mask! The idea of the mask came from the earlier days when people believed that on that night, spirits came wandering around. They wore the
masks in the hope that the spirit would not think they were human, and therefore they would be saved from the wrath of the spirits.
Halloween can, in my opinion, be described more as a Mardi-Gras of sorts. Costumes abound, and excitement and laughter fill the air on that ever so popular evening of October 31st.
The Pumpkin is the big symbol in Halloween – can you imagine Halloween without a pumpkin?? Fake or real, pumpkins are in abundance everywhere. The good old Jack O Lantern originated in Ireland where the Irish used them to keep away spirits on the ‘day of the dead’ – Halloween!!
Today – Jack O Lantern can be scary, funny or happy. Light him up and he delights everyone!
The seeds of the pumpkin make an excellent, healthy treat for all. This is quite a welcomed accompaniment to the hundreds of candy bars, bonbons and other sugar-filled goodies that the little Goblins hope to collect throughout the evening.
Although these ‘Goblins’ are supposed to exchange a trick for a treat, this ‘rule’ is hardly ever enforced. The original idea is for the tricksters to perform some mischievous act or a practical joke and having provided the entertainment, earn a treat. Most just collect the treat and run off to the next ‘victim’.
Halloween is just one huge, boisterous evening, filled with creative little ‘monsters’ running around collecting as many goodies as their bags can contain.
You won’t want to miss being a part of this festival. The color orange is everywhere as the harvest is over, autumn has arrived, the leaves have changed colors – and then – the Blackness of the night!!!
Happy Halloween!
Halloween – More Than Just Fun
Aside from the Christmas season I think that
Halloween is one of the most awaited days of a lot of people especially children because
they get to wear different costumes. Of course there is the usual trick or treat, but there is
just something about Halloween that seems special when it comes to kids. However, for us
adults who truly understand, Halloween is not really a time to be jolly and merry just like
the Christmas season. The true meaning of Halloween seems to be almost forgotten
because we are misguided by all the colorful costumes and decorations. This is not
actually a season of smiles, but of prayer and a bit of mourning.
Pray for them
There is a reason why Halloween is celebrated on the day that we usually
celebrate it— either from the night of the 31st of October to the 1st of November, or on
the day of November 1 itself. Traditionally, if we base it on the calendar, it is the day of
the dead. Meaning, we should all remember our deceased loved ones and pray for their
souls to go up in heaven. If I am not mistaken, this mentality of ours started in a festivity
that is celebrated in Mexico wherein they dress-up in hallow costumes or costumes that
look like skeletons to commemorate their dead loved ones. It also makes perfect sense,
because the term “Halloween” is derived from how our loved ones look like by the time
they are dead.
Not actually a time of smiles
As I have mentioned, the day of Halloween is not actually a day to be happy. We
should think about our deceased loved ones and pray that their souls will go up to heaven
so that they could look after us. Here in the Philippines, the concept of Halloween is
rarely observed. Although we do celebrate Halloween parties, it is just for fun but we
really do not get the gist of doing it. We probably got this idea from the west and so we
adopted it, but the most common way of celebrating this season is by going to the
cemetery to visit the bodies of our dead family members.
Something to smile about
But I think that this is just normal for us people. Even though Halloween is
supposed to be a sad day, we still find something to laugh about and to celebrate along
the way. It does not mean that we do not respect the dead anymore, but it is just that we
can still think of ways to cover up our sadness. If Halloween is celebrated by means of a
party in the west, you may find how Filipinos celebrate their dead loved ones as weird. I
personally do not get the idea of this because this is not how our family celebrates our
deceased members, but some stay drunk or sing merrily with their friends while looking
after the coffin of their dead ones. They also get to serve out delicious foods, which may
seem like you attended a birthday party instead of a dead man’s grave. Whatever the
reason for this, let us just say that we people have still something to laugh about
somewhere in the middle during tough times.
Decorating Your Home for Halloween
Decorating your home for a holiday gives you an opportunity to transform your home from the mundane to something a little more colorful and fantasy like for a few days or weeks. Decorating for Halloween can be especially fun as you can create so many decorations right from nature and simply add a few purchased Halloween decorations to the mix for added interest.
Pumpkins, gourds, corn stalks, hay bales, and leaves all make wonderful Halloween decorations and really bring this holiday alive while adding bright spots of color to both your inside and outside décor. You can simply tie a few dried corn stalks together with a bright orange ribbon, place it beside your door place a few colorful gourds around the base and you have an inviting decoration with very little effort. Or add a few jack-o-lanterns with battery operated lights inside for an even more Halloweeny look.
Pumpkins make great Halloween decorations and can be used in a variety of ways to make this holiday a little more cheery and fun. You can hollow out the inside of a large pumpkin and place a vase of flowers inside for cheery floral centerpiece for your mantel or your table and turn those tiny pumpkins into candle holders as well. You can even create your own scarecrow for your deck or patio simply by stuffing some old clothes and using a pumpkin for a head! There really is no end to what you can come up with when you use pumpkins for decorations.
For those of you whose taste in Halloween decorations are a little more on the creepy side there is also a number of interesting Halloween decorations you can make or buy. For those spiders and spiderwebs you can stretch across windows and hang from the corners of your doorways to those bats you can hang from trees to fly in the wind, to skeletons, and even assorted body parts that you can leave laying around to scare the dickens out of those little trick or treaters who come to your door there are literally hundreds of decorations you can choose from.
If you are planning a Halloween party then Halloween decorations are a must and choosing the right decorations can really make your party an instant success. You can choose from whimsical and fun Halloween decorations or frightening ones depending on the theme of your party. Halloween decorations run the gambit from window and wall clings to talking snack bowls and spooky shadows.
There are Halloween decorations to meet everyone’s personal style whether you are just looking for a few cute table decorations to add a little Halloween atmosphere to your home or whether you want to become the scariest home in the neighbor hood you can accomplish your goal.
So go ahead let those creative juices flow and add a little fun and mystery to your home this fall by making or buying some Halloween decorations and celebrating the holiday in style.