{"id":2559,"date":"2021-10-31T16:10:04","date_gmt":"2021-10-31T16:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/?p=2559"},"modified":"2021-10-31T16:10:05","modified_gmt":"2021-10-31T16:10:05","slug":"halloween-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/?p=2559","title":{"rendered":"Halloween \u2014 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today is Halloween \u2014 2021. In Mexico, it\u2019s the Day of the Dead, or at least the start of it. The Day of the Dead, or Dia de los Muertos<\/em>, takes place October 31 through November 2 in Mexico and a few other Hispanic countries. November 1, Dia de los Inocentes<\/em>, honors children that have died, and family members decorate graves with baby\u2019s breath and white orchids. On November 2, Dia de los Muertos<\/em>, families honor adults who have died and place orange marigolds on grave sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The original Aztec celebration lasted a month, but when Spanish conquistadors came to Mexico in the 16th century, they merged the festival with the Catholic All Saints\u2019 Day. Today\u2019s celebrations are a mix of both Aztec rituals of skulls, altars to the dead and food, with Catholic masses and prayers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you live in Des Moines, Iowa, last night was Beggars\u2019 Night. The event began in Des Moines about 1938 as a way to prevent vandalism and give younger children a safer way to enjoy Halloween. Beggars\u2019 Night is very similar to regular trick or treating, except the kids are required to tell a joke, poem, or perform a \u201ctrick\u201d for a treat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every year around Halloween, you hear about the spirits at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. There are continuing reports from the White House of ghostly appearances and eerie sounds \u2014 and not only on election years\u2026. The most famous ghost sighting in the White House is of Abraham Lincoln, who\u2019s supposedly been spotted by Eleanor Roosevelt, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands and Winston Churchill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jack-O\u2019-lanterns were not originally made from pumpkins\u2026 the name jack-O\u2019-lantern is rooted in\u00a0 an Irish folktale about a man named Stingy Jack who fooled the devil and in turn was forced to walk the Earth with only a burning coal in a hollowed turnip to light his way. The Irish began to call him \u201cJack of the Lantern,\u201d and then just \u201cJack O\u2019Lantern. Immigrants in the United States began to use pumpkins, that were native to North America instead of turnips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A lot of people like Halloween \u2014 some don\u2019t. My sister maybe doesn\u2019t \u201chate\u201d Halloween, but she\u2019s certainly not a big fan. Some people actually fear Halloween. They suffer from Samhainophobia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the \u201ctreats\u201d that was popular when I was a kid was candy corn \u2014 I still see it in the stores, especially this time of year. Candy corn was created by George Renninger in the 1880s and because corn is what was used to feed chickens, it\u2019s original name was \u201cChicken Feed”\u2026 the box was decorated with a rooster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So today is Halloween around here, but no matter what you\u2019re celebrating today, hope you have a spooky good time\u2026..
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