Halloween Traditions
This fruit is traditional in more than one way at Halloween; they’re either served on a stick or placed in a tub of water for bobbing
Apples
Dracula
Bram Stoker
It
Pennywise the Clown
“We all float down here!”
It
Out from his coffin, Drac's voice did ring
Seems he was troubled by just one thing
He opened the lid and shook his fist and said
"Whatever happened to my Transylvania Twist?"
Monster Mash (Boris Pickett)
Carving Jack-O-Lanterns, done with turnips before pumpkins, originated in this land of the leprechauns
Ireland
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (not Voldemort)
The basilisk
"Here's Johnny!"
The Shining
You try to scream
But terror takes the sound before you make it
You start to freeze
As horror looks you right between the eyes
You're paralyzed
Thriller (Michael Jackson)
This traditional tri-colored (yellow/orange/white) candy, invented in the 1880's, shows up on grocery store shelves several weeks prior to Halloween
Candy Corn
The Raven
Edgar Allan Poe
Silence of the Lambs
Hannibal Lector
"I got a rock”
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
Raven hair and ruby lips
Sparks fly from her fingertips
Echoed voices in the night
She's a restless spirit on an endless flight
Witchy Woman (The Eagles)
According to a recent survey, the most popular Halloween candy in Georgia is this individually wrapped fruit-flavored hard candy (my favorite's Watermelon) that's been around since 1949
Jolly Rancher
Salem's Lot
Stephen King
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Oogie Boogie
"The power of Christ compels you!"
The Exorcist
In this town, we call home
Everyone hail to the pumpkin song
In this town, don't we love it now?
Everybody's waiting for the next surprise
This is Halloween (Nightmare Before Christmas)
The trick-or-treating tradition can be traced back to this ancient Celtic festival, also celebrated on the night of October 31st
Samhain
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Washington Irving
Norman Bates
Psycho
"Good night, Herr Doktor."
"Good night, Frau Blücher."
[horses whinny]
Young Frankenstein
He's the hairy handed gent who ran amok in Kent
Lately he's been overheard in Mayfair
You better stay away from him, he'll rip your lungs out Jim
Huh, I'd like to meet his tailor
Ah-hoo…
Werewolves of London (Warren Zevon)