| Halloween is such a special time of year for | | | | pictures are taken as well during these fun times |
| people of all ages. It really does not matter who it | | | | to make sure everything is documented for later |
| is there is always an opportunity to have fun. | | | | on in life. |
| Some people show it in different ways. | | | | Halloween is usually a wonderful neighborhood |
| The first to observe Halloween were the Celts | | | | bonding opportunity as well. There are not many |
| sometime in 2867 B.C. The holiday was known as | | | | other times in the year where it is perfectly |
| Samhain back then. Celts believed that deceased | | | | acceptable to approach your neighbors houses at |
| family and enemies rejoined the earth dressed as | | | | dusk, ring their door bells and say hello by yelling |
| beasts on Samhain. As you can imagine, this | | | | "Trick or Treat". Even more strange about the |
| produced quite a feeling of fear among the Celts, | | | | whole experience is that you do this for almost |
| particularly the children. It is thought that this is | | | | your whole neighborhood, or as many houses are |
| where the tradition of dressing up as something | | | | occupied at the moment and answering their |
| unlike yourself began. | | | | doors. |
| Many people dress up in Halloween costumes or | | | | Although everyone would like Halloween to be a |
| put on make up to alter their appearance. It can | | | | safe and joyous time of year, it is not necessarily |
| be as simple as wearing a hat that you would not | | | | always that way. There are a few things that |
| usually wear. Some people will go to the other | | | | everybody should be aware of whether child, |
| extreme though and totally alter everything about | | | | adult, or elderly. First, children have to be on the |
| them. This means wearing makeup or masks that | | | | watch out for other kids who take the |
| change the color, texture and thickness of their | | | | opportunity to reek havoc on this unconventional |
| skin. This could also mean wearing very | | | | day. They will often through eggs at other |
| extravagant clothing or costumes to fit the part | | | | children. Sometimes they are just plain eggs, but |
| of the character they want to portray. | | | | sometime they are rotten eggs or even worse |
| Others will take it to a different level and | | | | eggs filled with Nair hair remover. Parents have to |
| decorate their homes with Halloween themed | | | | worry about candy that is not safe getting into |
| pictures, placards, signs, lights, skeletons, | | | | their children's candy sacks. Every year there are |
| mummies, and vampires. It is also pretty | | | | stories of kids receiving candy with poison on it or |
| common to purchase a smoke machine to create | | | | even apples with razor blades inside. Very |
| a certain mystical ambiance when trick-or-treaters | | | | macabre indeed. Elderly should also be on the look |
| or party guests approach the house and enter | | | | out themselves. Right around this time of year, |
| their home. Big cob webs and bright red glistening | | | | many parts of the United States and Canada |
| blood splatters and puddles add an especially great | | | | have trees that are losing their leaves as fall |
| touch to the whole scene. | | | | approaches winter. These leaves can get very |
| Mothers also love Halloween because it is such | | | | slippery as they get wet and begin to decompose |
| great time to shower their babies, children, and | | | | slightly, and therefore elderly folks should be more |
| pets with love. The love is shown through cute, | | | | aware of the steps they are taking out on the |
| comical halloween costumes [ that are either | | | | street. |
| handmade or store bought. Either way, many | | | | |