Halloween is a time to celebrate the 3rd largest party day after New Year’s and Super Bowl Sunday! The tradition of adding pranks into the Halloween night of Trick or Treat turned ugly in the early 1930’s and a movement began to substitute practical jokes for kids going door to door to collect candy. I give out age appropriate gifts like stickers, colored erasers, small stuffed animals and other unique surprises.
Halloween is also known as All Hallows Eve, Samhain, The Feast of the Dead and the Day of the Dead! Trick or Treating evolved from the ancient Celtic tradition of putting out treats and food to help placate the spirits who roamed the streets at Samhain, a sacred festival that marked the end of the Celtic calendar year. Halloween is correctly spelt as Hallowe’en.
Did you know that if you see a spider on this spooky night, it could be the spirit of a dead loved one who is watching over you? Black cats get a really bad rap on Halloween because they were once believed to be protected by their master’s dark powers! Halloween was brought to North America by immigrants from Europe who would celebrate the harvest around a bonfire, share ghost stories, sing, dance and tell fortunes. Orange and black are Halloween colors because orange is associated with the Fall Harvest and black is associated with the darkness of death.
Kids, Remember to wear reflective tape on your costumes! Carry a bright flashlight!
To A Healthy, Safe and Memorable 2017 Halloween!
Enjoy A Halloween On Ice 1995 video with famous Russian Ice Dancers Sergei Ponomarenko and Marina Klimova! Choreographed to the music from the soundtrack of “Bram Stoker’s Dracula”!
Sergie Ponomarenko and Marina Klimova won 3 World Ice Dance Championships, 4 European Ice Dance Championships and won the 1992 Winer Olympic Gold Ice Dance Championships plus the Winter Olympic 1989 Silver and the 1984 Bronze Winter Olympic Ice Dance Championships!
Tips to Winterize Your Vehicle!
Winter driving in a majority of states presents a number of real challenges to both you and your vehicle! Cold weather tests the limits of your vehicle’s mechanical abilities and treacherous driving conditions test your abilities as a driver! Remember to get a Tune-Up, Check your battery, coolant, windshield wipers and defrost. Fill your washer fluid, Carry sand bags, Know your vehicle, Carry supplies like water, extra blankets, a working flashlight with new batteries, your phone, your phone charger, first aid kit, energy bars, tire chains, appropriate warm clothing, toilet paper, extra medication (if needed) and rain/snow boots. If travelling to the snow, tell family and/or friends when you are leaving, where you are going and avoid all short cuts!
Travel slowly through snow and be cautious of hidden black ice! Above all be patient!
Saturday, November 4, 2017 Before You Retire!