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THE DAILY Volume 3 Issue 2 History of Halloween TABLE OF CONTENT By Ashlynn Murphy HALLOWEEN 1-5 Halloween is a time of celebration and supersti- RYLA 5 tion. Leaves fall to the ground, trick or treaters run through the streets trying to fill their buckets with ATHLETES OF THE 6 candy. Elderly passing out candy from their spookily MONTH decorated doorsteps, happy screams from the nearest CONSPIRACY CONNER/ 7 haunted house pierce the cold air. Halloween is a giant BUCKETLIST party for ghosts and ghouls but where did this national holiday we call Halloween come from? HEY MR. TIGER 8 Halloween is thought to have originated from the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain. During the festi- val people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off roaming ghosts. In the eighth century, Pope Gregory III designated November 1st as a time to honor all saints and martyrs. He called it Saints’ Day and it incorporated some of the traditions of Samhain. The evening before Saints’ Day was known as All Hal- lows’ Eve and later was called Halloween. Over time, Halloween evolved into a joyful holiday in- volving sweet treats and smiles. Instead of Halloweens’ original purpose of warding off ghosts it's now a giant party. We’d rather have it that way anyways, right? 1 HALLOWEEN Scream - This classic 1990’s movie is about a raged serial The Best Halloween Movies killer who is terrorizing a town. Who is lucky enough to By: Daryn Crow and Whitney Wood survive? Have you ever wanted to watch a good Halloween movie? Here are some good movies that everyone should watch during Halloween season. They also happen to be the most It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown - This non- popular Halloween movies of all time. scary film is always a hit. The Peanuts gang believes in The Great Pumpkin that will come on Halloween night. The gang does a lot of different things to summon The The Nightmare Before Christmas- Everyone remem- Great Pumpkin, and they succeed. bers this classic Tim Burton film. This film follows the main character (Jack Skellington) around on his misad- ventures when he becomes bored of his natural routine for The Shining - This Stephen King classic is a great movie Halloween. to watch to get scared. It’s about a family that stays at the Overlook Hotel in Colorado during the winter to keep an eye on the hotel. The family is isolated, and the father of Hocus Pocus - This movie is about a group of teens who the family goes insane, and tries to kill his family with an explore an abandoned house and later find out that they axe. Can the family escape? have released a coven of evil witches. This is the movie that everyone gets excited to watch during Halloween. A lot of TV networks always show this movie, so it's not hard to A Nightmare On Elm Street - This movie will make miss you not want to sleep; literally. It’s about a person named Freddy Krueger who shows up in your dreams to kill you. If you die in your dream, you die in real life. Is sleeping Halloween - This movie is about six-year-old Michael worth it? Myers brutally murdering his 17-year-old sister Judith. He was later imprisoned for 15 years but on October 31, 1978, 21-year-old Michael Myers escapes. Beetle Juice - After Barbara and Adam Maitland die in a car accident, they find themselves haunting their old resi- dence, and they can’t escape. When the new owners buy the home, Barbara and Adam attempt to scare them out. The Exorcist- This intense movie of the 1970’s based on a true events is about a girl who is possessed. The family of the possessed daughter tries to desperately save her from the evil entity that is taking control. Young Frankenstein - This 1970’s film is in black and white. It has a familiar face as the star, Gene Wilder. You might recognize him as Willy Wonka, from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. This movie is about a young scientist who wants to bring the dead back to life. He suc- ceeds, and Frankenstein is born. 2 HALLOWEEN Spooky Short Stories! By: Rachell Beagley When halloween comes around everyone is decorating and getting ready to celebrate. It only comes around once a year so people all over the world are obsessed with this holiday. Doing things such as decorating, baking, celebrating, visiting gravesites and so much more. Here is a look into some of those stories. I began tucking him into bed and he tells me, “Daddy check for monsters under my bed.” I look underneath for his amusement and see him, another him, under the bed, staring back at me quivering and whispering, “Daddy there’s somebody on my b e d .” Don’t be scared of the monsters, just look for them. Look to your left, to your right, under your bed, behind your dresser, in your closet but never look up, she hates being seen. The grinning face stared at me from the darkness beyond my bedroom window. I live on the 14th floor. You get home, tired after a long day’s work and ready for a relaxing night alone. You reach for the light switch, but another hand is already there. Overviewing this topic an interview took place with Skyler Stout. He has had a few very terrifying experiences in the house he lives in. His room is an old storage room. He began to explain to me that he was sitting in his room and he suddenly felt as cold as ice and suddenly the pillow beside him went down. At first it didn't startle him he thought it was his great grandma. Later, he decided that it was not because he got a huge scratch on his arm. He left his room and didn’t come back for several days. He told me a second story later on that he has double wide barn doors on his room. He was sitting on his bed one night with those doors locked. There was no one home his family was on vacation. The doors suddenly slammed open and he left his room and did not come back until his family re- turned...Are you ready for halloween now? Halloween Traditions By Lexi Blackmore This holiday we call “Halloween” is celebrated all over the world. In the late 1800’s Halloween became a holiday in America. It was a get together for neighborhoods to have parties and to tell scary stories. Scary stories were told around a fire about anything paranormal. Halloween is celebrated almost everywhere in America. Kids dress up for school and to show their friends their costumes. In the beginning Halloween was aimed at the older crowd until vandalism spread. Then city leaders tried to keep it to the kids. Trick-or-Treating started to be a big thing, in the beginning of the 1900s. Trick-or-Treating started a bribery to stop kids from playing tricks on the adults. Nearly 6 billion dollars are spent on halloween candy annually. 3 HALLOWEEN milk, and cinnamon. Pan de muerto is a type of Day of the Dead sweet bread with designs of bones baked into them, A fiesta to die for! sugar skulls are exactly what the name states and are Ruben Taylor usually covered in beautiful colors and designs. Another vital part to this holiday would be La What is Day of the Dead? Many of you have probably Calavera Catrina. The original design for La Ca- never heard of this holiday as it is usually overshadowed lavera began in the early 19th century when Jose by Halloween in American culture. Day of the Dead or, Guadalupe Posada created some drawings to mock Dia de los Muertos in Spanish, is a latin holiday celebrat- the rich citizens of Mexico. His most famous work ed on November 1st and goes until November 2nd. It would be known as “La Catrina” and sculpt what we is a holiday in which people come together to celebrate know today. “It is a painting of a rich lady, but she is their ancestors and the lives that they have lived and pay a skeleton. This painting along with the use of skulls respect to them. Adrianna Vidal, a senior here at HHS, and skeletons during the holiday have led to an was asked to describe the holiday in her own words. She entire genre of artwork that has become well known stated “Dia de los Muertos is a day where we celebrate around the world. The artwork is a symbol Mexican's the lives of those who have passed away. We offer food ability to laugh at death because most of the art- and drinks to them to enjoy even after death. To me, it is work depicts dead people doing everyday activities.” a day to remember their lives and accomplishments and This time of year if full of all sorts of fun activities pay respect to them.” for everyone to enjoy. Although it is time to have fun In order to understand the holiday better you first have it is also a time to remember those who came before to know the history. Mark Christensen aka Coach C was and be thankful for the life they have given us. So asked to explain the history of this holiday “The Day of maybe take a little time out of your typical Hallow- the Dead holiday is a combination of the ancient tradi- een traditions and say thanks to those who came tions of the Aztec people and the newer customs that the before you.

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