Category: Halloween

Halloween is just around the corner, the countdown has begun, but how safe will you be this Halloween? Many readers will probably be aware of the dental dangers posed by all that trick or treat Halloween candy, while others are more concerned about the resulting repercussions if their candy bowls run dry before the final…

In is still another 45 days until Halloween. I went to Morrissons today and found a whole aisle full of Christmas stuff. They have selection boxes and they have advent calendars suitable for each and every taste. They even have tins of biscuits (so handy as a Christmas gift). They do not have anything for…

I haven’t really done a Halloween post this year, so I might as well do one now because time is getting short and all that. I thought what I would do is have a look around the net for the strangest Halloween game that I could find and, guess what? FOUND IT! At least I…

Yesterday I more or less forgot that it was Halloween. It was easy to do. In the town a lot of the Christmas decorations are up and the local shopping centre looks like Santa’s grotto – in fact Santa’s grotto is actually there underneath the Christmas tree. In the back of my mind I knew…

A couple of days ago someone sent me a free Halloween e-book. I have had a slight involvement with internet marketing, so I often get things like this. Usually, in the case of a free e-book, the e-book will be filled with lots of affiliate links, and if the reader then buys anything, from the…

In octoberer 2000, with halloween very firmly in their minds, organisers at the millenium dome decided that it might be nice to spook out their vistors by organising a contest to find who could produce the loudest scream. When classroom assistant, Jill Drake, stepped up to the challenge, and exercised her lungs, she produced a…

I think everyone knows about bobbing for apples. These days it regarded more as a game. In times past though, there was a little more to it and it was believed that the first person to successfully remove an apple from the water with their teeth would be the first next person to marry. Then,…

It was once believed that you could stop evil spirits from entering your house by walking backwards around the outside of it. For this to work though you had to do it three times, travel anti-clockwise, and be sure that you were finished before sunset. IMPORTANT: Please note that although this process was believed to…

I just know that you probably won’t know the answer to this one, and will just guess it. I also know that you will probably guess it right, but I’ll ask the question anyway; just so you can feel good when you see the answer. What do the following people have in common? Val Kilmer…

Have you ever wondered about the origin of the Trick or Treat tradition, or have you always been too busy stuffing your face with all of that hard gotten Halloween candy? If this is a question that you have pondered over, I am afraid that there is no definite answer for you. One very plausible…