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Jack-o'-Lanterns, Witches and Costumes: The Ghoulish Truth About 10 Halloween Traditions

Kathy Landin — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 16:22:17 +0000

Halloween is more steeped in tradition than just about any other holiday, and the roots of those traditions are as varied and seemingly unconnected as a pumpkin and a bonfire.

We decided to take a look at a few of Halloween's most well-known customs. What do they all mean? Why do we celebrate Halloween by putting on bizarre outfits and asking strangers for candy? Who is Stingy Jack, and why does he haunt our dreams?

10 Ways to Carve Your Pumpkin This Halloween

Jo Pincushion — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 18:32:56 +0000

The best part about Halloween is the pumpkin. On a nice fall day you head on over to the local pumpkin patch and pick out the perfect specimen. Then you and your friends or family get together to carve your masterpiece and cook some delicious pumpkin seeds.

Choosing the perfect method to carve your pumpkin is key, so we came up with 10 ideas you may not have thought of for how to carve your pumpkin this Halloween:

Seven Halloween Costumes for Kids You Should Avoid in 2012

Sasha Spielman — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 17:33:07 +0000

Dear parents lets be honest with each other – sometimes when it comes to dressing our kids in Halloween costumes ~~some~~ most of us go overboard and fast forward 15 years from now we have to explain to our some what irritated teenager that he/she looked so cute as ‘Edward Scissorhand.’ Here are our top 7 Hall

Tons of Fun At The Lawton Family YMCA Happy Halloween Happening!

Jeri Anderson — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:49:13 +0000

All the candy has been passed out, and the games have been played. All of the rings have been tossed, and the Happy Halloween Happening at the Lawton Family YMCA is over for another year! Thirteen Lucky years of fun and laughter, plus lots of kids and costumes and candy! Take a look at some [...]

Google Staff Carves Giant Pumpkins For Halloween Google Doodle [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:04:52 +0000

Several Google employees recently swapped their laptops for carving knives and spent the day whittling six enormous pumpkins with the letters of the search engine’s name. The result? The Halloween Google Doodle, of course. In the timelapse video below, you’ll see the carvers cheered on by costumed co-workers and Pegman, Google’s Street View mascot. Sophia [...]

'Today' Anchors Spend a Terrifying Night at Haunted Penitentiary [VIDEO]

Don Deane — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:53:28 +0000

Just in time for Halloween, ‘Today’ anchors Lester Holt, Amy Robach and Jenna Wolfe joined the cast of SyFy’s ‘Ghost Hunters’ to search for spirits at Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia. Mighty brave, given that the abandoned prison is supposedly a hotbed of paranormal activity.

Thinking Of Halloween and What Happens Next

Clay Miller — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 10:45:37 +0000

“Trick or treat!’ The sound that will be heard all over and over again on Halloween. OK..But after the candy has been put away and for some medicine give for upset tummies, what is next? For the religious world, the next day is All Saints Day and there will be many churches that will celebrate accordingly. Now [...]

Troy Gentry Treats Himself to Halloween Fun

Nancy Dunham — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 18:07:59 +0000

Montgomery Gentry‘s Troy Gentry is looking forward to a big treat — joining family and friends to whoop it up on Halloween. “We are all stoked about Halloween,” Gentry told Taste of Country. “We go all out for it. It’s a great time especially now that [my youngest daughter, Kaylee,] is 8 years old and [...]

The 10 Strangest Draculas in Pop Culture [VIDEOS]

Matthew Roulette — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 21:40:48 +0000

Columbia Pictures/American International Pictures/Children's Television Workshop Few monsters have appeared more on TV and film than Dracula. The character, who first appeared in Bram Stoker's novel way back in 1867, has long lapsed into the public domain. Thus, pretty much anyone can do whatever they want with The Count. Dracula’s most iconic portrayals came from [...]

9 Wonderfully Cute Family Halloween Costumes [PICTURES]

Lindsay Seim — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:03:28 +0000

KimmerKC, Flickr/SuiteLifeofZackandCodi.blogspot.com/Canadian Veggie, Flickr The Munsters. The Addams Family. The Von Trapps. These famous fictional families made a habit out of appearing together in costume. After all, nothing screams “familial bond” like donning face paint and lederhosen as a nuclear unit. With Halloween fast approaching, real families everywhere aren’t about to pass up an opportunity [...]

14 Adorable Dogs In Halloween Costumes [PICTURES]

Lindsay Seim — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:28:23 +0000

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Sure, Halloween is all about the kiddos. Opening the front door to the neighborhood wee ones (yours or someone else's) dressed in their trick-or-treating finery is a sugar rush unto itself.

Fewer Babies Are Born on Halloween

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:54:32 +0000

Mothers are 11.3 percent less likely to give birth on Halloween than they are on the days before and after the holiday. Researchers from the Yale University School of Public Health found that induced births were down 18.7 percent and C-section births fell 16.9 percent on Halloween. This shouldn’t be that surprising — if given [...]

Who Was Your Favorite Scary Movie Character? [POLL]

Steve Kelly — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:00:53 +0000

With Halloween right around the corner it got us to thinking about scary things and scary movies, so click on the link above and vote on who is your favorite scary movie character of all time.

World's Largest Pumpkin Turned Into World's Largest Pumpkin Zombie Carving [PHOTO]

Danny Gallagher — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:33:13 +0000

A 1,818.5 pound pumpkin that currently holds the world record for the largest pumpkin is being carved into a macabre spectacle of flesh-hungry zombies. Artist Ray Villafane, who specializes in creative pumpkin carving, is behind the gruesome sculpture that he carved as part of the New York Botanical Garden’s “Haunted Pumpkin Garden.” The record breaking [...]

Check Out Some Wonderfully Awkward Family Halloween Photos [IMAGES]

Don Deane — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:36:26 +0000

The folks at ‘Today’ offered up a gallery of spectacularly bad Halloween photos culled from the Awkward Family Photos website.

There’s nothing wrong with homemade Halloween costumes per se, but these are simply unforgivable (and unintentionally scary).

Five Great TV-Inspired Halloween Costumes [PHOTOS]

Bob Sassone — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:26:39 +0000

Still don’t have a costume for Halloween? You might want to hurry since the big day is less than a week away.

To help out a little, TV.com has a bunch of ideas for costumes inspired by TV characters. Some are kinda lame (going as Barney from ‘How I Met Your Mother’ means you’re basically just a dude in a nice suit), but there are some you could have fun with. In addition to ‘The Walking Dead’ (above), here are the five best we found from the list.

Connecticut State Lawmaker Wants to Change the Date of Halloween

Kathy Landin — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 17:46:12 +0000

Connecticut State Representative Tim Larson has proposed that the state change the date of Halloween so it always falls on a weekend. Much like the federal government’s determination that Thanksgiving should always be celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November, Rep. Larson, a Democrat, believes Halloween should always fall on the last Saturday of October. [...]

San Francisco, Boston Among Best Cities for Trick-or-Treating

Shauna Wright — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:41:19 +0000

Everyone thinks their neighborhood is the best for trick-or-treating. But the folks at real estate site Zillow have actually compiled a list of the best cities for scoring some ‘tricks or treats’ this Halloween.

In creating its third annual Trick-or-Treat Index, Zillow considered factors such as median home values, crime rates, population density and overall “walkability” when choosing the 20 best urban areas in which to gather candy on October 31.

So how does your city measure up?

Get Inspired with 500 Years of Halloween Costumes [CHART]

Shauna Wright — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 22:09:19 +0000

You may have seen some of the year’s hottest costumes and decided they’re not for you. Maybe you’re someone who goes for the classics like vampires or ghosts. Or maybe you’re just a history buff who simply wants to pay homage to your favorite bygone era, but you’re stumped for ideas.

Search no longer. The artistically-gifted folks at DailyInfographic are giving you an assist. They put their heads together with retailer HalloweenExpress to create this very cool visual representation of centuries of costumes and their inspiration.

Cat in Pumpkin Costume Eating Pumpkin Will Blow Your Mind [VIDEO]

Chip Sandalwood — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 19:31:31 +0000

What’s cuter than a cat named Jumbo Pillow eating pumpkin strips while dressed in a pumpkin costume? Honestly, nothing. But if you don’t believe us, feel free to take a look for yourself. With an irresistibly smushed face and an appetite that simply cannot be satisfied, Jumbo Pillow is so cute it’s almost spooky. And [...]