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Subject: Halloween. Wed Oct 19, 2011 2:09 am
As the streets start to become more dark and all monsters in your fantasie start to become reality, there is only one thing that could crawl around the corner.
HALLOWEEN
Alot of people dont know what halloween exactly is and thats why i made this topic.
Not interested in the history of halloween? please skip this part and go straight to the question.
Halloween is an annual holiday observed on October 31, which commonly includes activities such as trick-or-treating, attending costume parties, carving jack-o'-lanterns, bonfires, apple bobbing, visiting haunted attractions, playing pranks, telling scary stories, and watching horror films.
History Historian Nicholas Rogers, exploring the origins of Halloween, notes that while "some folklorists have detected its origins in the Roman feast of Pomona, the goddess of fruits and seeds, or in the festival of the dead called Parentalia, it is more typically linked to the Celtic festival of Samhain. The name of the festival historically kept by the Gaels and celts in the British Isles which is derived from Old Irish and means roughly "summer's end".
However, according to the Oxford Dictionary of English folk lore: "Certainly Samhain was a time for festive gatherings, and medieval Irish texts and later Irish, Welsh, and Scottish folklore use it as a setting for supernatural encounters, but there is no evidence that it was connected with the dead in pre-Christian times, or that pagan religious ceremonies were held."
Origin of name
The word Halloween is first attested in the 16th century and represents a Scottish variant of the fuller All-Hallows-Even ("evening"), that is, the night before All Hallows Day. Although the phrase All Hallows is found in Old English (ealra hālgena mæssedæg, mass-day of all saints), All-Hallows-Even is itself not attested until 1556.
Spoiler:
Halloween Holiday Trivia •Orange and black are Halloween colors because orange is associated with the Fall harvest and black is associated with darkness and death.
•Jack o’ Lanterns originated in Ireland where people placed candles in hollowed-out turnips to keep away spirits and ghosts on the Samhain holiday.
•Pumpkins also come in white, blue and green. Great for unique monster carvings!
•Halloween was brought to North America by immigrants from Europe who would celebrate the harvest around a bonfire, share ghost stories, sing, dance and tell fortunes.
•Tootsie Rolls were the first wrapped penny candy in America.
•The ancient Celts thought that spirits and ghosts roamed the countryside on Halloween night. They began wearing masks and costumes to avoid being recognized as human.
•Halloween candy sales average about 2 billion dollars annually in the United States.
•Chocolate candy bars top the list as the most popular candy for trick-or-treaters with Snickers #1.
•Halloween is the 2nd most commercially successful holiday, with Christmas being the first.
•Bobbing for apples is thought to have originated from the roman harvest festival that honors Pamona, the goddess of fruit trees.
•Black cats were once believed to be witch's familiars who protected their powers.
Spoiler:
Creepy Tidbits •If you see a spider on Halloween, it is the spirit of a loved on watching over you.
•Worldwide, bats are vital natural enemies of night-flying insects.
•The common little brown bat of North America has the longest life span for a mammal it's size, with a life span averaging 32 years.
•In about 1 in 4 autopsies, a major disease is discovered that was previously undetected.
•The Ouija Board ended up outselling the game of Monopoly in its first full year at Salem. Over two million copies of the Ouija Board were shipped.
Question Are you going to do anything fun or special like trick-or-treating or sit around a campfire and tell scary stories?
Source: Wikipedia
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IzAw Forum freak
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Subject: Re: Halloween. Wed Oct 19, 2011 2:27 am
ogm it's Maik.
Lexii Administrator
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Subject: Re: Halloween. Wed Oct 19, 2011 12:02 pm
we dont celebrate halloween in holland remember? we have 11 november but its only for little innocent kids
Octo Donator
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Subject: Re: Halloween. Wed Oct 19, 2011 12:09 pm
Lexii wrote:
we dont celebrate halloween in holland remember? we have 11 november but its only for little innocent kids
Haha, i know but for the other people who do celebrate it and i thought that in some parts of holland they do.
Korg Donator
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Subject: Re: Halloween. Wed Oct 19, 2011 1:28 pm
To bad that most of ous in Holland don't celebrate it. I think it would be alot of fun. Nice topic btw Maik. I like it how you made it.
Octo Donator
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Subject: Re: Halloween. Wed Oct 19, 2011 1:41 pm
Korg wrote:
To bad that most of ous in Holland don't celebrate it. I think it would be alot of fun. Nice topic btw Maik. I like it how you made it.
Thanks max, it was pretty fun to make actually. >.<
IcyTouch SuperGM
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Subject: Re: Halloween. Wed Oct 19, 2011 5:29 pm
We don't celebrate halloween in Kuwait too. And nice info / thingy Maik!
Date Forum freak
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Subject: Re: Halloween. Wed Oct 19, 2011 7:15 pm
Halloween here is just girls prancing around in skimpy outfits. :l Of course, I'll be rockin' my full suit Pikachu costume to school. (:
Jenni Forum freak
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Subject: Re: Halloween. Thu Oct 20, 2011 6:40 am
Date wrote:
Halloween here is just girls prancing around in skimpy outfits. :l Of course, I'll be rockin' my full suit Pikachu costume to school. (:
LOL !!!! Please do.
Lexii Administrator
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Subject: Re: Halloween. Thu Oct 20, 2011 11:01 am
Jenni wrote:
Date wrote:
Halloween here is just girls prancing around in skimpy outfits. :l Of course, I'll be rockin' my full suit Pikachu costume to school. (:
LOL !!!! Please do.
Jenjen im going to england in a few months
Octo Donator
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Subject: Re: Halloween. Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:29 pm
IcyTouch wrote:
We don't celebrate halloween in Kuwait too. And nice info / thingy Maik!
Thanks Josh! and it sucks that you dont celebrate it. (me neither)
Date wrote:
Halloween here is just girls prancing around in skimpy outfits. :l Of course, I'll be rockin' my full suit Pikachu costume to school. (:
If you are going to do that make a pic of it and post it or send it.
Jenni Forum freak
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Subject: Re: Halloween. Fri Oct 21, 2011 3:33 am
Lexii wrote:
Jenni wrote:
Date wrote:
Halloween here is just girls prancing around in skimpy outfits. :l Of course, I'll be rockin' my full suit Pikachu costume to school. (:
LOL !!!! Please do.
Jenjen im going to england in a few months
WHERE?!
Korg Donator
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Subject: Re: Halloween. Fri Oct 21, 2011 1:29 pm
I am gonna go to London with school. Don't know the date yet.
Lexii Administrator
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Subject: Re: Halloween. Fri Oct 21, 2011 1:37 pm
Jenni wrote:
Lexii wrote:
Jenni wrote:
Date wrote:
Halloween here is just girls prancing around in skimpy outfits. :l Of course, I'll be rockin' my full suit Pikachu costume to school. (:
LOL !!!! Please do.
Jenjen im going to england in a few months
WHERE?!
Close to manchester remember? i always go there
Jenni Forum freak
Posts : 142 Join date : 2011-06-27 Age : 30 Location : Somewhere in Yorkshire
Subject: Re: Halloween. Mon Oct 24, 2011 2:18 pm
Lexii wrote:
Jenni wrote:
Lexii wrote:
Jenni wrote:
Date wrote:
Halloween here is just girls prancing around in skimpy outfits. :l Of course, I'll be rockin' my full suit Pikachu costume to school. (:
LOL !!!! Please do.
Jenjen im going to england in a few months
WHERE?!
Close to manchester remember? i always go there
HAHA yes, that small town, which you couldn't spell its name..? ;P
Lexii Administrator
Posts : 2443 Join date : 2010-03-01 Age : 31 Location : Holland
Subject: Re: Halloween. Mon Oct 24, 2011 2:27 pm
Jenni wrote:
Lexii wrote:
Jenni wrote:
Lexii wrote:
Jenni wrote:
Date wrote:
Halloween here is just girls prancing around in skimpy outfits. :l Of course, I'll be rockin' my full suit Pikachu costume to school. (:
LOL !!!! Please do.
Jenjen im going to england in a few months
WHERE?!
Close to manchester remember? i always go there
HAHA yes, that small town, which you couldn't spell its name..? ;P
Nah its easy to spell LOL
Shhh...ImANinja Noob
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Subject: Halloween. 
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