Halloween

Halloween - witches, monsters, black cats, goblins, werewolves, vampires, bats, ghosts, mummies, spiders... are these the kind of things you associate Halloween with? Perhaps it's a time when you lock and bolt the doors, close the windows, shutters and blinds from sundown to sunrise on the eve of Halloween because... well, why exactly? Do you dress up? Do you decorate your home with lights and set pumpkins outside in the garden, hang masks, cloaks and spiders in the windows? Perhaps you do some or all of these things but have you ever wondered where Halloween originated and what exactly it meant? Have you wondered why we do these kinds of activities for Halloween? In his book, Halloween, author Gary Dickinson describes the origins of Halloween as well as some of the myths and traditions that surround the holiday. Included are fun facts, illustrations and a BONUS in the middle of the book of how to make your very own Jack O' Lantern.