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A Party Animals Childrens Entertainment
By smcintyreamos August 22, 2016
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Halloween Costume Sale
By Bocafit November 19, 2009
lids150, I don't think you have the right store... Halloween Costume Sale only sells costumes online and I've had a better experience with them than anyone else I've dealt with. They sent my wife a Guerrilla Hand costume 4 days before Halloween and gave us some money back when we found a cheaper price on the same costume. You can't beat that. ...read more
Halloween Costume Sale
By Lids September 15, 2009
They purposely put the wrong price tag on costumes so if your buying several things u might not notice that the price is about $10 to $15 more than what the tag says. There are no refunds or exchanges AT ALL and if u don't call them on their so called "mistake", then ur screwed. They will say that "someone" must have switched price tags. This is all part of the owner's plan to rip off customers and make more money. ...read more
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Halloween Costumes
About Halloween Costumes and the holiday itself The word itself, "Halloween," actually has its origins in the Catholic Church. It comes from a contracted corruption of All Hallows Eve. November 1, "All Hollows Day" (or "All Saints Day"), is a Catholic day of observance in honor of saints. But, in the 5th century BC, in Celtic Ireland, summer officially ended on October 31. The holiday was called Samhain (sow-en), the Celtic New year. One story says that, on that day, the disembodied spirits of all those who had died throughout the preceding year would come back in search of living bodies to possess for the next year. It was believed to be their only hope for the afterlife. The Celts believed all laws of space and time were suspended during this time, allowing the spirit world to intermingle with the living. Naturally, the still-living did not want to be possessed. So on the night of October 31, villagers would extinguish the fires in their homes, to make them cold and undesirable. They would then dress up in all manner of ghoulish costumes and noisily paraded around the neighborhood, being as destructive as possible in order to frighten away spirits looking for bodies to possess. The Romans adopted the Celtic practices as their own. But in the first century AD, Samhain was assimilated into celebrations of some of the other Roman traditions that took place in October, such as their day to honor Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit and trees. The symbol of Pomona is the apple, which might explain the origin of our modern tradition of bobbing for apples on Halloween. The thrust of the practices also changed over time to become more ritualized. As belief in spirit possession waned, the practice of dressing up in Halloween Costumes like hobgoblins, ghosts, and witches took on a more ceremonial role. The custom of Halloween was brought to America in the 1840's by Irish immigrants fleeing their country's potato famine. At that time, the favorite pranks in New England included tipping over outhouses and unhinging fence gates. The custom of trick-or-treating is thought to have originated not with the Irish Celts, but with a ninth-century European custom called souling. On November 2, All Souls Day, early Christians would walk from village to village dressed up in Halloween type costumes begging for "soul cakes," made out of square pieces of bread with currants. The more soul cakes the beggars would receive, the more prayers they would promise to say on behalf of the dead relatives of the donors. At the time, it was believed that the dead remained in limbo for a time after death, and that prayer, even by strangers, could expedite a soul's passage to heaven. So, although some cults may have adopted Halloween as their favorite "holiday," the day itself did not grow out of evil practices. It grew out of the rituals of Celts celebrating a new year, and out of Medieval prayer rituals of Europeans. And today, even many churches have Halloween parties with many of their members dressing up in Halloween costumes or pumpkin carving events for the kids. After all, the day itself is only as evil as one cares to make it. What is Halloween and why do people dress up in Halloween costumes? The word "Halloween" is derived from a few things; All Saints Day (1st November), Eve of All Hallows (All Hallows Eve) or Hallow Even. The celebration of Halloween was originally the New Years Eve of the Celts, the eve of Samhain or "Winter's Eve." It was generally believed that the dead or disembodied spirits of all those who had died throughout the preceding year would come back in search of living bodies to possess for the next year. It was believed to be their only hope for the afterlife. All who were alive of course didn't want to be possessed by these lost souls so on the night of October 31st, villagers would extinguish the fires in their homes to make them cold and inhospitable then dress up in ghoulish costumes and parade around the neighborhood making as much noise as possible to frighten away the spirits looking for a live body to possess. Food and drink would be left out for these villages who dressed up in Halloween costumes. The whole custom of Halloween was brought to America in the 1840's by the Irish immigrants who were fleeing the country's potato famine. The evil side of Halloween was pushed forward mainly by the church. The church maintained that the gods and goddesses and other spiritual beings of traditional religions were diabolical deceptions and manifestations of the devil. Therefore the customs associated with Halloween such as dressing up in Halloween costumes were always represented by the church as being evil - ghosts, human skeletons, symbols of the dead, Satan and other creatures such as witches. Halloween costumes continues ...read more
By Halloween Costume Sale May 21, 2009