Happy Halloween!
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The story of the Jack o’Lantern comes from Irish folklore. Jack was a crafty farmer who tricked the Devil into climbing a tall tree. When the Devil reached the highest branch, Jack carved a large cross in the trunk, making it impossible for the Devil to climb down. In exchange for help getting out of the tree, the Devil promised never to tempt Jack with evil again. When Jack died, he was turned away from Heaven for his sins and turned away from Hell because of his trickery. |
| Condemned to wander the Earth without rest, Jack carved out one of his turnips, took an ember from the devil, and used it for a lantern to light his way. He became known as “Jack of the Lantern.” - AllRecipes.Com |
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I love good Halloween stories and this I think is probably the coolest I’ve heard of how Jack O’Lanterns got their start.
Well, the house is all decorated for Halloween and we’re all pretty excited to be passing out candy this year. I’ve got a CD of spooky sounds to burn to play on the front porch but other than that all the important stuff is taken care of.
Maggie is going as Tinker Bell and Kate is going as Wendy. I think they’ll look pretty cute.
Check out our Masterpiece:
Our front porch
The tombstones Ethan and I made
The front door (and yes, Britt, I made the freaking wreath, ok?)
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October 31, 2006 @ 8:18 am
Holy crap woman! Your house looks awesome! We only have two punkin’s and a stupid dangly witch thing *chuckle* Thanks a bunch for the ecard, it made me giggle :)
Happy Halloween!
October 31, 2006 @ 9:53 am
those tombstones are fabulous!
October 31, 2006 @ 10:14 am
Holy shit that looks AWESOME!!! And that wreath? Gorgeous (and BTW, I make my own autumn AND Christmas wreaths so simmer down m’kay? ;-))
Wendy and Tinkerbell… how perfect. I expect pictures!!!
October 31, 2006 @ 1:31 pm
A very spoooooky front yard. We had spiderwebs and tombstones, until the 40 mile an hour winds last week. now my garbage has the spiderwebs (full of leaves) and the tombstones are somewhere in Timbuctu.
November 1, 2006 @ 7:26 am
Oh very festive!!! Great job!
November 30, 2006 @ 8:26 am
Of course. The Mother Lion thing. THAT’s why you were so pissed. DUH!!
Looking at that comment without the Lionness Lense? And knowing the commenter? I think it was just a “hmmm, I wonder if there is an even better way?” kind of thing.
You know one of the things I love most about you? That you actually think about what you are “putting out there”. You are so awesome about examining your own motives and intentions and the consequences of your thoughts and actions.
And yet, you still find it in your heart to loathe stupid people and love me. Seriously. You kick ass.
November 30, 2006 @ 3:54 pm
Go Mama Lion! And your kids never get to old for you to defend them. Hey, I can trash talk my grown son, but no one else better or they’ll answer to me:twisted:
November 30, 2006 @ 8:30 pm
Pick on me all day long, and I’ll let it slide; say one bad thing about my kid, and I’ll beat you down!
You’re right, it’s a mama lion thing.
December 1, 2006 @ 4:32 pm
Insulted your children?? {slips on boxing gloves} Inexcusable!
I LOVE the idea of an island for stupid people! LOL
December 2, 2006 @ 7:01 pm
Bah, the christmas season is way too long to be nice for the WHOLE thing. Puhleeze. :-)