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Wanna carve a pumpkin?  Carve as many as you like, erase, start over, whatever.  Your cursor is your knife.  Hold down cursor & carve.  If you enclose a line, the space inside will darken. Just click on the pumpkin and it will take you to the Jack-o-Lantern factory!

 

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Some Hallowe'en Trivia and Fun Facts 

Because of the unknown, Hallowe'en is one of the most captivating holidays, often celebrated by both adults and children.  The element of surprise makes it fun and unpredictable. 
                                                                                                                            
 

 

     Hallowe'en Holiday Trivia

Orange and black are Hallowe'en colors because orange is associated with the fall harvest, and black with darkness and death. 

Jack o' Lanterns originated in Ireland where people placed candies 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!

Hallowe'en was brought to North America by European immigrants who would celebrate the harvest around a bonfire, share ghosts 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 Hallowe'en night.  They began wearing masks and costumes to avoid being recognized as human.

Hallowe'en 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.

Hallowe'en 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 witches' familiars who protected their powers.

    

Signs of a werewolf are a unibrow, hairy palms, tattoos, and a long middle finger with claws.

In 1962, the Count Dracula Society was founded.   

To this day, there are vampire clubs and societies with people claiming to be real vampires (give me a break....).

There really are so-called vampire bats, but they are not from Transylvania.  They live in Central and South America and feed on the blood of cattle, horses, and birds, a few drops at a time, often without the animal being aware.

Many people still believe that gargoyles were created by medieval architects and stone carvers to ward off evil spirits.  Gargoyles, architecturally, are actually rainspouts.  If they don't serve as rainspouts, then they're called grotesques.  Some are said to have resembled people the carver didn't like.

Hallowe'en is on October 31st, the last day of the Celtic calendar.  It was originally a pagan holiday honoring the dead.  It was referred to as All Hallows Eve and dates back over 2000 years.
              

Creepy Snippets 

If you see a spider on Hallowe'en, it is said to be the spirit of a loved one 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 its size, an average of 32 years.

In about  1 in 4 autopsies, a major disease is discovered that was previously undetected.

 

Kids' Page for Hallowe'en Games 'n Stuff
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"Hallowe'en" Movie Details

* "Hallowe'en" was made in only 21 days in 1978 on a very limited budget.

* The movie was shot in the spring and used fake autumn leaves.

* The mask used by Michael Meyers in the movie was actually William        Shatner's mask painted white.

* The character Laurie Strode, played by Jamie Lee Curtis, was named after     John Carpenter's first girlfriend.

* While the setting for the story is in Illinois, the license plates on the      vehicles have California plates.

Hallowe'en Jokes

Q: How can you enter a haunted house?

A: With a skeleton key.

Q: What is a ghost's favorite ride?

A: A roller ghoster.

Q: How can you fatten up a ghost?

A: With ghoulash and spooketti.

Q: How can a witch tell the time?
A: By using a witch watch.

Q: What would you get if you crossed a ghost with a blackbird?
A: A scare-crow.

Q: How do you mend a broken Jack-o-lantern?
A: With a pumpkin patch!

 

Q. Why are black cats such good singers?
A. They're so meeewsical.

Q: What do birds give out on Hallowe'en?
A: Tweets.

Q: Why didn't the skeleton dance at the H'een party?
A: It had no body to dance with.

Q: What is a witch's favorite subject in school?
A: Spelling!

Q: Why wasn't there any food left after the monster party?
A: Because everyone was a goblin!

 

Click on the dogs for "scary" jokes.