YOUR TURN

Hey Gossipers !! What's up ? As it seamed, we turned the page into English . You might be happy. You have to thank "MaddyLover15" who told us to do it.So, well, here it is (?) hahaha.

As EVERYBODY knows, Halloween is coming up. Unfortunately, in the Argentina we're not used to doing "Treak or Treat" , or to go out walking at night with customs just asking for candies.But we know, that this happens every year in countries like U.S.A, Canada, England, etc. So we want YOU to send us an e-mail to "gossiprunner@hotmail.com" telling us what you are used to do, what your favorite horror movie is, or which horror character is your favorite one.Whatever, and if you want, you can send us a photograph of you with your custom on.

Then, we'll try to post them all.

By the way, all the people who wants to be known or to actors or actresses , this is your chance to show the whole world who good you are acting by recording a video and sending it in.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN WORLD !!

muaahahahaah !!

The Origin of Halloween

Halloween (or Hallowe'en) is an annual holiday observed on October 31, primarily in the United States, Canada, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. It has roots in the Celtic festival of Samhain and the Christian holiday All Saints' Day, but is today largely a secular celebration.

Common Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, wearing costumes and attending costume parties, carving jack-o'-lanterns, ghost tours, bonfires, apple bobbing, visiting haunted attractions, committing pranks, telling ghost stories or other frightening tales, and watching horror films.

Development of artifacts and symbols associated with Halloween formed over time encompassing customs of medieval holy days as well as contemporary cultures. The souling practice of commemorating the soulsin purgatory with candle lanterns carved from turnips, became adapted into the making of jack-o'-lanterns.In traditional Celtic Halloween festivals, large turnips were hollowed out, carved with faces, and placed in windows to ward off evil spirits.The carving of pumpkins is associated with Halloween in North America where pumpkins are both readily available and much larger – making them easier to carve than turnips.Many families that celebrate Halloween carve a pumpkin into a frightening or comical face and place it on their doorstep after dark. The American tradition of carving pumpkins preceded the Great Famine period of Irish immigration and was originally associated with harvest time in general, not becoming specifically associated with Halloween until the mid-to-late 19th century.

The imagery of Halloween is derived from many sources, including national customs, works of Gothic and horror literature (such as the novels Frankenstein and Dracula), and classic horror films (such asFrankenstein and The Mummy).Elements of the autumn season, such as pumpkins, corn husks, andscarecrows, are also prevalent. Homes are often decorated with these types of symbols around Halloween.

Halloween imagery includes themes of death, evil, the occult, magic, or mythical monsters. Traditional characters include ghosts, witches, skeletons, vampires, werewolves, demons, bats, spiders, and black cats. Black and orange are the traditional Halloween colors and represent the darkness of night and the color of bonfires, autumn leaves, and jack-o'-lanterns.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween