All Hallow's Eve

Knock, Knock! Who's there? Witch! Witch who? Witch one of you will give me lots of Halloween candy?

Hello mobsters and monsters, pirates and crocodiles, fairies, Star Wars jedi's and whatever or whoever else you plan on transforming into tonight! Halloween is a day like no other. A day of disguise, a day of liberation! We are stuck with ourselves forever and ever, BUT not today. Today we can be whatever we want. Its thrilling, its exhilarating. Take a risk, today! Introduce yourself to someone new, try an unfamiliar food, dance different than you normally do, heck, make up a story about your entire life and go by another name for the rest of the weekend.

Halloween is about much more than a costume. It's a chance to be bold, be new, and act a little strange.

Today is about being peculiar, so here are some strange halloween facts I googled this morning.

1. The colors of orange and black are intentional to represent the season. Black represents the "death" of summer while orange represents the life of the fall harvest.

2. Trick-or-Treating was once called "guising" in Scotland and Ireland. Kids would dress up in costumes performing songs, poems or other "tricks" in exchange for treats and money.

3. According to this one website, kids used to yell, "Belsnickel!" instead of "Trick-or-Treat" This apparently came from the concept of "belsnickeling," a German-American Christmas tradition where kids dressed in costumes and would have neighbors guess who they were.

I found those interesting so hopefully you do, too!

Lastly, some housekeeping, check out my new blog layout! I rebranded and Ellie Goetz's Blog just sounded so boring so now this beautiful thing has become Stoopside Scribbles . Tah-Dahhh! Also- if anyone wants to be removed from this email list let me know. I received a spam report notice and have felt shy ever since.