Halloween (All Hallows’ Eve) celebrated the day before All Saints’ Day (All Hallows’ Day) has its origins in the festival of Samhain. The Celts of ancient Britain and Ireland celebrated November 1st as the beginning of the winter. It was believed that the souls of all who had died returned to visit their homes. People wore masks to hide from the ghost thought to be present. This gave rise to associating witches, hobgoblins, fairies, and demons with the day. In the 8th century, All Saints’ Day was moved to November 1st to supplant the pagan holiday with a Christian one. In the United States, the religious holiday morphed into a secular one and Halloween became a holiday of trick or treat and harmless pranks. - www.britannica.com
Celebrate Halloween with special treats and great ghoulish music!!!
Tricky Treats: Halloween Delights for Appetizers, Snacks, Dinner, and Dessert!
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Bats, blood, and baking, oh my! Enjoy more than 30 savory and sweet Halloween recipes inspired by your favorite spooky themes.
Succumb to these yummy recipes perfect for October and year-round! Whether you want to enjoy a treat by yourself, or with your kids or guests, these frightfully fantastic meals will make boys and girls alike shiver... in anticipation! Create original recipes including such treats as Vampire Blood Popcorn, Spider Mini-Pizzas, even Hot Dog Fingers.
With easy-to-follow instructions, entertaining tidbits, and beautiful photography, these delicacies will add a bit of spook to your party or get-together (or at your own dinner table).
The Wicked Baker: Cakes and Treats to Die For
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Give your baking a wicked twist with eerily clever ideas for all manner of cakes, cookies, pastries, breads, desserts and even drinks to spook up your cooking repertoire and make Halloween an occasion to remember. Whether you're a curious witch, a Halloween fiend or you just want to add a creepy touch to your baking, Helena Garcia will give you all the inspiration you need, so you too can become the ghostess with the mostest.
Taste of Home Halloween: Freaky Fun!: 103 Meals, Snacks & Sweets
Make magic this autumn when you dig into the essential guide, Taste of Home Halloween! Here you'll find dozens of spooky, cute, spirited, and fun Halloween foods to delight boys and ghouls of all ages. We tossed in top pumpkin-carving tips and party ideas, too! And, the book concludes with a Day of the Dead bonus chapter brimming with lively Mexican flair!
Halloween Music Collection
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Song listing: Family secrets (3:05) -- Darkness descends (1:55) -- Fallen grandeur (2:53) -- Room 47 (2:50) -- Born of the night (3:07) -- Raven's hollow (1:08) -- Awakening (3:52) -- Shadows (3:05) -- Haunted nursery (2:18) -- Army of the dead (4:07) -- Dark legacy (3:35) -- Morbid fascination (2:38) -- Deadly intentions (0:54) -- Undead hunters (3:18) -- Soliloquy (3:04) -- Tempest (1:18) -- Grisly reminder (1:49) -- Residents past (4:05) -- Veiled hunter (1:57) -- Alchemist's chamber (2:47) -- Noctem aeternus (2:32) -- Vampyre (4:30).
Halloween After Dark
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Time warp from Rocky horror picture show -- Dead man's party -- Theme from Friday the 13th -- Monster mash -- Theme from The Shining -- Hungry like the wolf -- Bad moon rising -- Theme from the Exorcist -- Don't fear the reaper -- Werewolves of London -- Theme from Saw -- This is Halloween from The Nightmare before Christmas.