The ancient Celtic festival called Samhain is considered by many to be a predecessor of our contemporary Halloween. Samhain was the New Year's Day of the Celts, celebrated on November 1. It was also a day of the dead, a time when it was believed that the souls of those who had died during the year were allowed access to the land of the dead. It was related to the season: by Samhain, the crops should be harvested and animals brought in from the distant fields.

   Many traditional beliefs and customs associated with Samhain, most notable that night was the time of the wandering dead, the practice of leaving offerings of food and drink to masked and costumed revelers, and the lighting of bonfires, continued to be practiced on October 31, known as the Eve of All Saints, the Eve of All Hallows, or even Hallow Eve. It is the glossing of the name Hallow Eve that has given us the name Halloween.    

   Recipes I gathered from the web...they include:

• Gory Hand
• Easy insects
• Halloween  Snack Mix
• Halloween Crisp Candy Corn Treats
• Bloody Bug Juice
• Easy Halloween Cookies
• Ghosts on Broomsticks...and more

.Jodi's Halloween recipes include:

• pumpkin bread
• sugar cookie spooks
• mystical punch                                                              
• tuna spooks
• bloody devil dogs
• vampire punch
• gingerbread ghosts.....and more

  Click here to download wallpaper by JD Carr 

Click here to download a pumpkin cursor   

Visit Billy Bears Playground and get yourself a Halloween desktop theme for your computer. Or play the many games he has there for you to print out. Get your own candy corn gif for your webpage! 

214 rules to follow in a Horror Movie 

Games to make your Halloween party a success...be sure to check out "Haunted Attic"

Try this Pumpkin Lotto game...all you have to do is print it out for your guests

 Halloween word search....do it online or print it out 

 Halloween Graphics...free for all   

Pick a state, any state, and see what ghost stories and haunted houses are floating around in your area !        

Halloween Humor

My Pumpkin Page

Spooky crafts

Halloween Costume Ideas

Haunted House Halloween Decorations

Visit Hershey's for wallpaper and a screen saver

Halloween music clips and sound effects

My holiday pages

Mother's Day                     Father's Day

July 4th                              Valentine's Day

St. Patrick's Day                 Easter

Christmas                           Thanksgiving

New Year's                       Birthday

Home                                Groundhog Day

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                                         I hope you enjoyed your stay....come again!!