What is Halloween About?
According to United States Department of State American English website: Halloween is celebrated in the United States on October 31. The name “Halloween” comes from “All Hallows Eve,” or the day before All Saints Day, a traditional holy day for Christians. Halloween originated in Europe but during the 19th century immigrants brought it to North America, where it spread in popularity and evolved in many ways. According to tradition, the spirits of the dead were able to come back to life to harm people and crops in the physical world. People tried to appease the restless spirits on Halloween, and these practices led to many of today’s Halloween traditions. For example, people used to wear costumes of monsters, ghosts, and devils to scare away the harmful spirits.
How We Celebrate Halloween with Grandson
When I was younger, Halloween was a costume party with friends. Now the focus has changed. This is how we celebrate Halloween with our grandson. A few days before Halloween, I searched online for cute Halloween cookies. I found one using a premix pack for peanut cookies, coated some marshmallows with chocolate, stuck them together and drew lines turning them into spider cookies! It was a fun, easy project. Shane has two giant sized scary rats so we put together the cookies assemble around them. We also got ready some candies to hand out to neighbors’ children.
Costumes
We bought a pair of The Incredibles costumes on sales after Halloween last year. Shane looked so funny with bulging padded muscles. I love that he was always game to do fun stuffs and makes everyone having a good time. Our grandson Kiel and his family dressed in The Little Red Riding Hood theme. He was Lumber Jack, Ryan the big bad wolf and Kasandra was Little Red Riding Hood. Kasandra has dressed a relative as a vampire. Kiel was excited to get some cookies to put into his pumpkin bucket. The family didn’t stay long as they went trick-or-treating in the neighborhood. We also have other children ringing the doorbell and treated them to cookies and candies. It was great to see children walking the street with their older siblings or parents. I hope you guys had a fun Halloween as we did.
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