{"id":83645,"date":"2014-10-31T08:00:15","date_gmt":"2014-10-31T13:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=83645"},"modified":"2014-10-31T09:45:37","modified_gmt":"2014-10-31T14:45:37","slug":"happy-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=83645","title":{"rendered":"Happy Halloween: 10 Top Scary Reads this Halloween"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Jennifer Devine, Senior Assistant, INALJ Maryland<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Jennifer<\/a>In the month of October Libraries, Archives, Museums decorate and prepare for Halloween with\u00a0books for the season. Children grow up understanding Halloween is a day you dress up in a costume\u00a0and collect candy from neighbors by trick or treating or attending a party. It\u2019s spooky and traditionally\u00a0includes ghosts, witches and skeletons. There real history of Halloween or All Hallows\u2019 Eve\/Evening\u00a0originates from the Celtics celebrating Samhain (the festival of the dead) it marked the last day of the\u00a0harvest season and the beginning of the winter and bridged the living world and the dead world during\u00a0the changing of the season. Eventually Christian Missionaries tried to change the religious practices of\u00a0the Celtics. However in changing Celtic beliefs the Missionaries eventually adopted the rituals of the\u00a0Celtics to convert them to Christianity. All hallows\u2019 eve became synonymous with the Christian Hell,\u00a0evil and the devil. Halloween traditions can still be traced back to Samhain. The wearing of costumes is\u00a0symbolic of the souls of the dead. Offering food\/ treats is related to the food and drink offerings that\u00a0were left out for the souls. Eventually people began to mummy these traditions and dress up as the\u00a0souls and mystical creatures to obtain food and drink, translating to our tradition of trick or treating.\u00a0Other customs that are related are apple bobbing. Carving vegetables, fruits and nuts and cider are all\u00a0remnant from Samhain.<\/p>\n

If your not into trick or treating or parties and are planning to curl up with a book instead here is the top 10 Halloween novels this 2014:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. The Halloween Tree- Ray Bradbury
\n2. Gods of The Nowhere: A Novel of Halloween \u2013 James Tipper
\n3. Something Wicked This Way Comes \u2013 Ray Bradbury
\n4. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow- Bo Hampton
\n5. Dracula- Bram Stroker
\n6. It\u2019s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown- Charles M. Shultz
\n7. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark- Alvin Schwartz
\n8. Frankenstein- Mary Shelley
\n9. The Complete Tales and Poems- Edgar Allen Poe
\n10. The Haunting of House Hill- Shirley Jackson<\/p>\n

For more about the history of Halloween:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/folklife\/halloween.html<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/halloween<\/a><\/p>\n

For more Halloween books:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/list\/show\/788.Best_Halloween_Books<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Best-Sellers-Books-Childrens-Halloween\/zgbs\/books\/3080<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.boston.com\/lifestyle\/specials\/halloween\/gallery\/halloween_reading_picks\/<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/books\/index.ssf\/2014\/10\/five_great_horror_books_to_kee.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Jennifer Devine, Senior Assistant, INALJ Maryland Happy Halloween: 10 Top Scary Reads this Halloween In the month of October Libraries, Archives, Museums decorate and prepare for Halloween with\u00a0books for the season. Children grow up understanding Halloween is a day you dress up in a costume\u00a0and collect candy from neighbors by trick or treating or…<\/p>\n

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