Larry’s View

The observance of Halloween, which dates back to Celtic rituals
thousands of years ago, has long been associated with images of witches,
ghosts, devils and hobgoblins. Over the years, Halloween customs and rituals
have changed dramatically. Today, many of the young and young at heart
take a more light-spirited approach. They don scary disguises or ones
that may bring on smiles when they go door to door for treats, or
attend or host a Halloween party.

“Trick or Treat!”

36.1 million
The estimated number of potential trick-or-treaters in 2006 — children
5 to 13 — across the United States, down 45,000 from 2005. Of course,
many other children — older than 13, and younger than 5 — also go
trick-or-treating.
<http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/010048.html>

109.6 million
Number of occupied housing units across the nation in 2006 — all
potential stops for trick-or-treaters.
<http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/housing/hvs/historic/histt15.html>

93%
Percentage of households who consider their neighborhood safe. In
addition, 78 percent said they were not afraid to walk alone at night.
(Source: Extended Measures of Well-Being: Living Conditions in the United
States, 2003, at
<http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/families_households/009884.html>

Jack-O’-Lanterns and Pumpkin Pies
1 billion pounds
Total production of major pumpkin-producing states in 2006. Illinois
led the country by producing 492 million pounds of the vined orange
gourd. Pumpkin patches in California, Ohio and Pennsylvania also provided
lots of pumpkins: Each state produced at least 100 million pounds. The
value of all pumpkins produced by major pumpkin-producing states was $101
million. <http://www.nass.usda.gov/index.asp>

Where to Spend Halloween?
Some places around the country that may put you in the Halloween mood
are:

    * Transylvania County, N.C. (29,780 residents).
   
  <http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/009756.html>
    * Tombstone, Ariz. (population 1,571).
   
  <http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/010315.html>
    * Pumpkin Center, N.C. (population 2,228); and Pumpkin Bend, Ark.
(population 307).
<http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/BasicFactsServlet>
    * Cape Fear in New Hanover County, N.C.; and Cape Fear in Chatham
County, N.C. (the townships have populations of 15,711 and 1,170,
respectively). <http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/BasicFactsServlet>
    * Skull Creek, Neb. (population 281).
   
  <http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/010315.html>

Candy and Costumes
1,198
Number of U.S. manufacturing establishments that produced chocolate and
cocoa products in 2005, employing 38,718 people and shipping $13.6
billion worth of goods. California led the nation in the number of
chocolate and cocoa manufacturing establishments, with 128, followed by
Pennsylvania, with 121.
<http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/county_business_patterns/010192.html>
and <http://www.census.gov/mcd/asm-as2.html> (2005 Value of Product
Shipments)

477
Number of U.S. establishments that manufactured nonchocolate
confectionary products in 2005. These establishments employed 21,389 people and
shipped $7.6 billion worth of goods that year. California also led the
nation in this category, with 73 establishments.
<http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/county_business_patterns/010192.html>
and <http://www.census.gov/mcd/asm-as2.html> (2005 Value of Product
Shipments)

26 pounds
Per capita consumption of candy by Americans in 2006; it is believed a
large portion is consumed around Halloween.
<http://www.census.gov/industry/1/ma311d06.pdf>

2,232
Number of costume rental and formal wear establishments across the
nation in 2005.
<http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/county_business_patterns/010192.html>

 HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Lawrence
 
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Well Halloween is almost here again. You can tell by the spooky atmosphere that surrounds you. All the green leaves have begun to change into beautiful oriented colors such as yellow, orange and brown. As you are in the Halloween shop picking out all the wonderful Halloween accessories you will need such as your Halloween costume that you have been waiting all year to pick out along with some Halloween candles and some Halloween face paint. You will be trying to think of something else that you will be needing but nothing seems to come to mind…Wait…Something just came to mind, how about some Halloween contact lenses? Halloween contact lenses go good with any costume and will add a whole other look to your style during the Halloween season.

Have you ever realized just how many people look into your eyes as they are speaking to you? Wouldn’t you love to give them the creeps the next time they look into your eye?
Imagine the look on your friend’s face he or she walks up to you at the Halloween party. Chances are they will not even realize you have contacts in your eyes so you should play along with it and act like you don’t know what they are talking about. They will freak out especially if you have red or white Halloween contact lenses in your eyes.

Halloween contact lenses are perfectly harmless; just don’t leave them in your eyes for too long. You can wear Halloween contact lenses even if you do not wear glasses or contacts. As you are picking out your Halloween contact lenses at the local Halloween store you will see that they come in many different sizes and colors. You will find red, blue, pink, black and white. If you really want to go all out on your Halloween contact lenses you will be able to find contact lenses with psychedelic circles and colors on them. You will also be able to find contact lenses that have black cats and even pumpkins imprinted on them. The best thing about these Halloween contact lenses is that they do not cost much at all. Kids can purchase them with their allowance, that’s how cheap these contact lenses are.

In the end once you have bought your contact lenses and gained a lot of laughs you will find it to be worth it, after all it wasn’t much trouble to get the Halloween contact lenses to begin with.

Lawrence

Just like slumber parties, Halloween games would always be a part of the Halloween celebration. Without these, Halloween celebrations would never be the same. Over the years, the celebration of Halloween is not just for kids anymore as it is being celebrated by people of different ages already. Nowadays, adults are the ones most excited every time the season of Halloween approaches. If you’re an adult and planning to host a slumber party of your own for the Halloween season, read more of this article as you get to know some Halloween games that will liven up your slumber party.

The Photo Scavenger Hunt is one of the popular Halloween games being played by most adults during slumber parties. The objective of this game is to secure all the photos of the items with the use of a digital camera or Polaroid camera if available so photos can be judged right away after the still shots. In this game, people are divided into several groups wherein every group is given a list of items that they need to find or took photo still shots. After the distribution of the list, the group members will run towards the places where they are assigned to get the photos of the items. Whoever group finish first by gathering all the photos of the items in their given list will be declared the winner of the game.

The Halloween games of Pumpkin Bowling are fun and fitted for any age. In this game, you need to partially fill 10 pop bottles of 2-liter size with water or liquid to be able to weigh them down. After it is weighed down, you need to decorate the bottles that will exactly fit the Halloween theme of the slumber party.

The Pumpkin Carving would definitely be the most enjoyable among the Halloween games as you get to carve the so-called longer lasting jack-o-lanterns. However, to some people this game is quite hard to do and because of it, they tend to switch of painting just instead the pumpkins rather than to carve it. On the contrary, some people still prefer to do pumpkin carving as they enjoy lighting up the carved pumpkin with a light or candle flickering through the face of the pumpkin.

Other famous and fun Halloween games you can prepare for the Halloween party include the Liver Toss, Lil Ghosts, Halloween Bingo, Treats ‘n Guts, Pass Along Jack, Little Piggies, Pin the Nose on Jack, and Mummy Wrap.

One good idea to end the Halloween games is to serve gross yet great snack treats such as gummy worms or chocolate spiders. The candy corn in chocolate pudding is also a gross snack treat yet yummy. However, with just little imagination and some creative juices flowing you can make the Halloween games in you parties as a memorable for you and the kids.

Lawrence

So here you are standing in the Halloween shop once again looking over all the eerie stuff they have that somehow seems attractive to you. Perhaps this is your favorite time of the year? For many people Halloween is their favorite time of the year, not just because the eerie feeling in the atmosphere but because it seems to be a year when all the kids are laughing and joking around with what they are going to be for Halloween. As you are in the store for Halloween costumes and all that type of stuff you may want to take a look at the Halloween candles that they offer during Halloween time.

During Halloween time you will find millions of different types of Halloween candles. If you have your house all decked up for Halloween then how could you pass up the Halloween candles? Halloween candles not only add a warm eerie glow to whatever Halloween setting that you may have but it also casts shadows around throughout the room, shadows that seem as if they are moving through all the creepy scenes that you may have laid out.

Halloween candles not only make the room creepy but they can also make the room smell real good. If you are looking for Halloween candles you may want to pick out pumpkin spice as one of your choices because this will go good with your Halloween setting. Halloween candles also come in many different eerie shapes and size. If you are in need of a black cat in your Halloween scene then you can find a Halloween candle in the shape of a black cat. You will also be able to find coffin Halloween candles, bats, ghosts, Frankenstein, pumpkins, and all the other type of Halloween emblems there are.

Halloween candles are one of the main things when it comes to Halloween. You may also need a candle to put inside that Jack-o-lantern that you carved out. Whatever your Halloween candle needs are you can count on finding them in nearly any department store, but if you just can’t find the type of Halloween candle you are wanting in a department store then you may want to try an actual Halloween store. If you still don’t find the candle you are looking for then you can try finding one online, eventually you will find your Halloween candle. One thing you will be able to count on with your Halloween candle is the scent that it will put out.

Lawrence

Wearing costumes is really fun especially for Halloween trick or treating and parties. There can be a lot of selections for your costumes this year. You can usually buy ready-made ones off costume shops or malls to lessen trouble or you might want to get creative and make your own. You can get ideas especially on magazines and Television and you can reduce having the exact same costume if you just customize them yourself.
For starters, you can dress as the ever trendy witch for the ladies and skull costumes for men. Other more common costumes are Vampires, Ghosts, Devils and the likes. These types of costumes are of traditional horror as most of them depicted through Television shows. You can also wear other nice costumes such as Black cats, aliens, spiders, goblins, werewolves and other common scary but fun costumes.
Most of the time, the costumes used on Halloween or Halloween parties doesn’t really pertain much on scary or limited to Halloween things. You can dress up like a hippy or even the hunchback of Notre dame, just use a big pillow on your back, a crucifix, and modify your looks with makeup and you’re good to go.
But if you prefer some movie-themed costumes, you might want to check out Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers, Leatherface, Freddy Krueger or simply the Famous Jigsaw killer that appeared on Saw movies.
There are also adult-themed Halloween costumes for sexy costume parties. Costumes usually worn are pimp and ho, pregnant nuns or evil priests, retro dresses and other animalistic but sexy costumes. More examples are sexy nutcracker dress, sexy vampire, sexy witch, sexy nurse costumes and the sexy bunny costume. You can easily make an adult costume yourself as they are really not that difficult to make, you can make pirate to sexy honey bee costumes just days before a party.
You can get accessories off a novelty store or you can try online if you desire for a more authentic and original look. If you want to scare off your friends, you might want to try scary masks that really packs a punch, just be careful not to scare those with heart problems. You can usually get a cool but very scary mask like the one from the Grim reaper. The unique look is simply better, you can get a helpful of ideas on websites for a good motivation and great design tips.

Lawrence

Have you ever been to a Halloween party to see all those spooky Halloween scenes around the room or even outside? When you take your kid up to someone’s door to go trick-or-treating you can count on your little one getting pretty scared if there is Halloween scene setters around. Halloween scene setters are scary by themselves; they seem to bring some of our worst nightmares to life.

You Can Afford Halloween Scene Setters.
When you think of Halloween scene setters at your next party or any Halloween event chances are you are thinking that you will be spending a pretty penny. If you plan everything out the correct way and set a budget aside for all your Halloween stuff that you will be needing for your Halloween scene you may find that it will be a lot cheaper than what you thought it would be. You may also be able to find Halloween scene setters around your area at local yard sales or in the thrift stores. Another place you could find Halloween Scene Setters is Online.

You can find Halloween scene setters at all different prices from 5.00 to 200.00. The more expensive Halloween scene setters involve coffins and all that type of stuff. If you are able to get your hands on a coffin for your Halloween scene setters then you will be the talk of the town. You could make your Halloween scene even better if you find a friend or family member that could lie in the coffin and come to life as individuals walk by.

Halloween Scene Setters Add Something to The House.
With Halloween scene setters you will be able to make a real Halloween scene at a low price. If you are looking for Halloween scene setters you are going to be looking at scenes such as haunted forests that have bats and ghost lurking through it. You may be able to find a catacombs scene with all kinds of creepy stuff involved in it, because you never know what lurks in the catacombs or you could go with the old fashioned haunted house scene with ghosts and black cats sitting around and bats hanging from your walls.

Whatever needs you may have when it comes to Halloween scene setters you will be able to find them at a cheap affordable price that is sure to fit any budget. Don’t scare the kids too much with your Halloween Scene Setters.

Lawrence

You have been invited to one of the most popular Halloween parties that there is in your area but you are not sure if you want to go or not. Every year you avoid going to the Halloween party because of one little thing that bothers you, your size. You feel like you are not just faced with this during Halloween time but you are faced with it every day of your life. Each and every Halloween you find yourself standing in the mirror giving your body weird looks. Why?

When you are looking for plus sized Halloween costumes you should not let yourself get depressed over it because there are many different plus sized Halloween costumes that are available to individuals just like you. The prices are the same as petite Halloween costumes so you should not be worrying about that either.

As you are wondering if you should go out and look for plus sized Halloween costumes you should keep in mind that there are many plus-sized costumes available because you are not the only one looking for a plus-sized Halloween costume.

Another way for you to find plus-size Halloween costumes is to go on the Internet. As you are looking on the Internet for plus-sized Halloween costumes you are going to find a lot of costumes that you like. You will need to have the proper measurements of your waist and all that type of stuff, What would happen if you bought a Halloween costume and it didn’t get to you until Halloween time? Then you try it on and find that it is either too big or too small for you? You would not have the time to exchange it in or get it re-sized so you will be stuck…Without a costume.

You will be able to find so many different costumes in petite size but don’t turn your back when you see this because if you actually take the time to look around you will see that those petite costumes you like are also available in plus-sizes as well. Don’t worry about what other people will think of you, chances are they will think you look good in your Halloween costume, whatever your size may be, besides you are not doing it to make other people happy, you are doing it to make yourself happy because that is what counts and that is the only thing that should count.

Lawrence

So you’ve been invited to this years Halloween party where all the boys and girls will be gathering to celebrate Halloween but you are not sure what costume to wear. Should you be a princess or should you be a she-devil? One thing is for sure you will want to fit in with the crowd and wear a naughty Halloween costume. If you pick the right Naughty Halloween costume you may just find yourself being the center of attention to not just the guys but the boys too. You will have girls coming to you asking you what store you got that in. If you pick the right naughty Halloween costume out you can count on having a ton of good comments.

Keep in mind that you do not want your naughty Halloween costume to be too revealing because there are some laws against revealing yourself too much. You will want to have something that will add a little bit of mystery so that minds can be wondering even more. If you are looking for a naughty Halloween costume you may want to look in the local department store but if you are afraid of purchasing the same costume that someone else is going to be wearing then you may just want to go to a Halloween shop and purchase something that you don’t think other will be wearing.

If you are going with your friends to the Halloween party you should check with them to see what Halloween costume they will be wearing because you do not want to wear the same costume as your friends. You and your friends may also want to get naughty Halloween costumes that match one another.

As you are looking for the right naughty Halloween costume for yourself you will be faced with a price tag. Do you think that price tag fits in with your budget or should you just pass this costume up and find a different one? You should know that there are millions of different naughty Halloween costumes out there for all different sizes. If you want to be a nurse, then you could find a Naughty nurse costume or a naughty devil costume.

When you purchase your naughty Halloween costume in it you should feel comfortable with wearing it, don’t buy a costume you are not going to wear. Also, if you are under the age of eighteen you may want to check with your parents to see if they approve of it because even though you feel like you control your life they still know what is right for you.

Lawrence