Someone posed a question the other day - "Why do we celebrate Halloween?" Needless to say the answers were many and vaired most revolving around chocolate and costumes, which is what halloween has come to mean to many peoeple nowadays.
One answer put forward that it began in Ireland and then spread to the US where it has become a huge holiday but it’s true origins lie much further back. Hallowe’en, or Samhein, is based on a pagan belief and is the night when the veil between the worlds is at it’s thinnest. A night when the dead can revisit there former home. It was a night when people left gifts of food for their ancestors and trod carefully in order not to offend the less than kindly otherworldly visitors that might be around. I suspect that many of those who visit are ctually not quite so scary and merely want to see what is going on!
There are many different beliefs about Hallowe’en and it’s equivalent festival in other cultures, what matters most is that we honor the traditions of each culture.
It really is the last minute now, only three more sleeps! Costumes are prepared, decorations are up and I am just putting the finishing touches to our Halloween Menu. Pumpkin Soup and Witches Wart Muffins feature heavily, along with Slime Pie, an old family favorite. Last thing to do is make a final choice on games for after Supper.
We have gone with Monster Match, Midnight Mystery and then for the little ones Pin The Tail On The Cat. We are also going to have a Treasure Hunt with lots of gruesome prizes, suitable for the occasion. I plan to hide some of the clues in Super Slime, but don’t tell or they will solve the puzzles too quickly! I have some wonderful surprise packages with lots of Jellied Eyeballs, Toasted Toes and Fried Fingers with extra crispy nails for those who solve the clues fastest! I shall be making sure that there is plenty of Super slime around as well
We’ll choose some more games later, which ones will you have…..
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This fun bingo twist will tickle your guests! Instead of halloween or harvest items, you type in names of family members in each bingo square, like Grandma Judy, and Aunt Joan. Then call their names, or have the host draw names from a bowl as gues... [Read more]
Players compete to find out who is the best mind-reader as they try to finish your phrase! You'll get lots of laughs as players try to out-wit and out-guess you when they're given a phrase such as "Moon _______" Was it Moon Beam, Moon Li... [Read more]
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Not a game for the faint of heart! Get their hearts pounding as players race to match up these hideous characters to the clues that describe them. Start printing as soon as you order! [Read more]
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