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Halloween safety tips: Top trick-or-treat tips for ghouls, goblins & ghosts
The big day is finally here and now is the time to revisit safety tips to keep children of all ages safe. While many children look forward to the annual trick-or-treat tradition, Halloween can be an anxious and worrisome time for parents. Planning ahead is paramount in keeping your children safe this trick-or-treat season. The following tips will help keep your little ghouls, ghosts and goblins safe for another "spooktacular" Halloween. Halloween Safety Tips When is Hallowee
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Top 10 Halloween Pet Safety Tips: Keep Fido & Fluffy Safe on ‘Howl-ween’
With the big Halloween holiday right around the corner, many folks across the country are planning their big Halloween bash. Whether you plan on having a small family get-together or plan on going all out with “spooktaculor” decorations and out-of-this-world costumes, keeping little ghosts, ghouls and goblins out of harm's way is paramount to a safe and happy “howling Howl-ween. While Halloween is loads of fun for humans, it can be dangerous for our four-legged friends if pro
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National Caramel Apple Day
For many people, October 31 is one of the best holidays in the year! Not only is it Halloween and National Knock Knock Jokes Day and Carve a Pumpkin Day, it’s also National Caramel Apple Day! Who can resist the sweet or sour apple coated with layers of ooey gooey golden caramel? While the origins of this annual food holiday are unknown, today is all about sweet treats! Whether you dip ‘em or roll ‘em, why not celebrate National Caramel Apple Day by indulging in one or two of
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Celebrate Halloween with 15 Creepy Movies
Why not do something a little different to celebrate Halloween this year? Invite your BFF’s and loved ones and have a very special movie night. Get ready to jump out of your seats and scream your lungs out with the scariest, creepiest horror flicks of all time. Creepy Halloween Movies Halloween – Years ago, then six-year-old Michael Myers murdered his older sister and was sentenced to a sanitarium. Myers escapes and returns to the scene of the crime just in time to terrorize
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Carve a Pumpkin Day: Free pumpkin stencils & patterns for your Jack O' Lanterns
When it comes to special occasions, one of the most highly anticipated and beloved holidays of the entire year is here. Not only is Oct. 31 National Caramel Apple Day and National Knock Knock Jokes Day, it’s Halloween! And while ghouls, ghosts and goblins prepare for trick-or-treat time , today also celebrates a beloved Halloween tradition. It’s Carve a Pumpkin Day in the U.S.A! need to be a talented artist in order to create that cute or creepy jack-o-lantern. And you don’t
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National Knock Knock Jokes Day: Classic and clean knock knock jokes
When it comes to fun holidays, October 31 is one of the best holidays of the entire year! Not only is it ooey gooey National Caramel Apple Day, Carve a Pumpkin Day and the "defrightful" Halloween, it’s also National Knock Knock Jokes Day! Just in case you don’t know what what one is - it takes two to knock knock. One person is the “knocker” while the other person is the “knockee.” And unlike other jokes, you don’t have to be a comedian or practical joker to tell a great knock
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Mmmmm. It's Pumpkin Bread Day
When it comes to delicious holidays, today takes the cake....or bread! Just in time for Halloween, Oct. 30 is Pumpkin Bread Day, an annual holiday created by the "Queen of Holidays," Jace Shoemaker-Galloway. While little ghosts, ghouls and goblins across the nation are getting into the Halloween "spirit" by carving all sorts of spooky designs into pumpkins of all shapes and sizes, how does a slice of homemade pumpkin bread sound right about now? Whether you prefer yours loade
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National Candy Corn Day: The sweet tri-colored treat Americans love to eat
Oct. 30 is National Candy Corn Day, an annual food holiday that celebrates the yellow, orange and white treats Americans love to eat! Sweet! While the origins of the annual holiday are unknown, Wunderlee Candy Company employee, George Renninger, “invented” the colorful candy that resembles actual corn kernels back in the 1880s and folks have been enjoying candy corn ever since. Originally made by hand, the first tri-colored candy that looks like kernels of corn, had a yellow
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Mischief Night: Think before you prank on Halloween eve 'howliday
While millions of Americans around the country get ready to celebrate another Halloween "howliday," the evening before Halloween is also a special occasion. Oct. 30 is Mischief Night, also known as Devil's Night, Trick Night or Cabbage Night. The annual event is believed to have started in England back in the 19th century. Legend has it that fairies or spirits were often blamed for pranks and mischief that took place during the wee hours of Oct. 30. Think Before You Prank Whi
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Happy Internet Day: The Message that Changed the World
Have you ever wondered what your life would be like without the Internet? A very important event is hours away. Oct. 29 celebrates a momentous occasion that forever changed the way the world communicates, travels, shops and learns. It's International Internet Day, also known as World Internet Day and/or Internet Day, an annual “holiday” that has been celebrated since 2005. On this day back in 1969 in an empty computer lab at UCLA, the very first electronic message traveled fr
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National Cat Day: Pawsitively purrfect’ holiday helps felines find homes
Have you heard the latest “mews?” A very special day of the year is here and people across the land are ready to “pawty.” Oct. 29 is National Cat Day. National Cat Day was founded in 2005 by animal behaviorist, author, animal lover and all around fabulous gal, Colleen Paige. The annual “howliday” celebrates one of the world’s most “purrfect” animals – cats. Paige created National Cat Day in order to raise awareness about the millions of kittens and cats in animal shelters, r
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Mother-in-Law Day: Funny and not-so-funny MIL quotes
Chances are pretty good, you’ve got one. And if you don’t happen to have one right now, at some point in your future, you probably will. If yours is supportive, loving and caring, thank your lucky stars! Because other poor souls have to deal with the meddling, snooping, complaining and controlling kind – Momzilla! Whether yours dons sharp horns or a shiny halo, today is dedicated to mother-in-laws across the land - it’s Mother-in-Law Day (MILD)! Love ‘em or, well, not so much
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'Hoppy' American Beer Day: Raise your glass and cheer a great tasting beer
Have you heard the latest “buzz?” A very special day of the year is here and Americans are more than ready to celebrate. Get ready to raise your glasses, America. Oct. 27 is American Beer Day, also referred to as National American Beer Day, an annual holiday that celebrates the most popular alcoholic drink in the land – beer! According to the Brewers Association, more than 3,400 breweries were operating in America in 2014, an 18 percent increase from the year before. Craft be
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Cranky Co-Workers Day: Celebrate Debbie Downers & the Office Grump
Whether you work full-time, part-time, work from home or are retired, chances are pretty good you’ve worked with one (or two) before. While we all have bad days from time-to-time, this person is a habitual grouch; a real, honest-to-goodness Debbie Downer. You know the type - that obnoxious, rude and/or irritable person who seems to thrive on making everyone’s life just plain miserable.October 27 celebrates the office grump – it’s Cranky Co-Workers Day! Because many of us spen
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Boxer Shorts Day: The comfy undies men & women love to wear down there
When it comes to holidays, now is the perfect time to go down under - way, way, under! Oct. 27 is Boxer Shorts Day, an annual "holiday" that celebrates the comfortable undies men (and women) like to wear. According to The Free Dictionary, boxer shorts are undergarments worn by men that cover the "body from the waist no further than to the thighs: usually worn next to the skin." Available in a slew of different patterns, boxers not only provide plenty of coverage but may actua
