If you’re planning a stay in an Amsterdam hotel over the festive season, you won’t want to miss the city’s annual Winter Magic celebrations. From mid-December to early January, the city’s famous canals are lit up with plenty of Christmas spirit as the boats are decorated for the holidays with coloured lights and ornaments. Events […]
All over the world there is hardly anything that people enjoy more than celebrating holidays. We all wait for those special times when we can take a day or two off from work, decorate our homes, and gather with family and friends, and eat to our hearts content. These are the happy times in our […]
A trip through the shopping malls this past week showed me why… I saw everything from strings of lights shaped like pumpkins or skeletons, to large yard decorations, to t-shirts, and even children’s warm gloves. And that’s in addition to the racks and racks of candy, the costumes, the face and hair paint, and all […]
Easy Halloween Party Planning Ideas…you won’t have any nightmares trying to plan your Halloween party when you read our Halloween party planning guide. It will be sweet dreams all the way. It can get rather hectic when you are planning a party, but we have some great party tips and ideas for you, so don’t […]
Do you work in a stuffy office that won’t allow you to dress up in a costume that one fun day out of the year? Well worry not, because now you can partake in the fun by wearing a variety of Halloween medical scrubs suitable for most any office. Offered by the name brand manufacturers […]
Once upon a time in our collective distant memory – or maybe just on TV, which is more or less the same thing – October meant apple cider, jack o’ lanterns, and small children in witch hats toting pillow cases full of candy. Now we know fall has arrived when temporary Halloween stores start popping […]
The commercialization of Halloween in the United States did not start until the 20th century, beginning perhaps with Halloween postcards (featuring hundreds of designs) which were most popular between 1905 and 1915. Dennison Manufacturing Company, which published its first Hallowe’en catalog in 1909, and the Beistle Company were pioneers in commercially made Halloween decorations, particularly […]
The word comes from an abbreviation of “All Hallows Eve.” This is the night before All Hallows (All Saints) Day, when the Church honors the past (dead) Christians. All Saints Day is also known as the day Martin Luther nailed his protest of the Catholic Church and began the Protestant movement. There have been different […]
I’ve been working in the pawn broking industry for a bit now, and as part of my everyday job I have to evaluate and Cheapest Christmas costumes. With that in mind, I’ll be giving you an idea of what you can expect from pawn shops, as well as reasonable charges when selling privately. (You’ll also […]
Easter is the most important event in the Christian calendar but in the multicultural society of England it is appreciated by both Christians and non-Christians for the two day Bank holiday it brings. Unlike the two days our government allows us in which to celebrate Christmas, the Easter holidays never bring us a disappointing mid-week […]