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October 26, 2020
Learn about antiques and collectibles with Georgia Caraway This is the real Halloween week even though Howe celebrated last Saturday. Howe-lloween was an incredible Georgia success with venCaraway dors lining Haning and O’Connell Streets.
destructive energies into more peaceful alternatives. After WWII Halloween underwent another transformation influenced by the post war economic boom. Mass produced costumes of not only ghosts, demons, and witches, but also popular culture icons such as cowboys, princesses, and comic book characters became common.
Halloween evolved into a children’s holiday in the early 20th century. In the early years of Christianity in Britain, people went from house to house asking for food, beverages, or money in exchange for prayers for the dead—a practice called “souling.” Later, the visitors simply promised not to do mischief. The Irish also adapted carving jack-olanterns from pumpkins instead of the previous primitive lanterns carved from turnips or beets. The Victorians celebrated Halloween with elaborate parties involving costumes, food, and drink, dancing, and games, The haunted house dates back to this period. Victorian hostesses often adorned their homes with spooky decorations to set the mood for their festivities
We follow this tradition today. The top trending costumes for 2020 are superheroes (esp. Wonder Woman, Spider Man, and Superman), politicians (President Trump), characters from Game of Thrones, clowns (Pennywise), witch, dinosaur, Harley Quinn, Rabbit, Angel, Fortnite, Ninja, and Devil.
In the 1920s, trick or treating, with its roots in souling, became increasingly popular. Previously pranks were relatively harmless, but modern mischief-makers escalated their practical jokes to more dangerous activities. I remember my dad telling me about turning over outhouses up and down the alley that faced his neighbors’ backyards. Seemed pretty harmless until they turned over one occupied by an elderly neighbor. Many cities organized community activities to channel
Folks are even getting their pets costumes with the popular ones being skeletons, jack-o-lantern pumpkins, pawlitician business suits, superhero costumes, dog and cat pjs, Yoda ears, USPS delivery driver, lion mane, prisoner, hot dog, Disney princesses, and spider. Come see us at Howe Mercantile, located in beautiful downtown Howe, Texas. Open Thursday – Saturday from 11-7 pm. Next door to HM is Don’s Smokehouse where you can pick up some Jerky or fantastic meat products to cook at home. There are two great restaurants right across the street, Abby’s and Gabrielas’, famous for homecooked meals. A terrific Chinese restaurant, Hana’s Café and Market, is located right behind them. And Palio’s Pizza is right down the street. Make a day and night of it, eating and shopping. Let Us Show You Howe.
"With a united effort we can make the place in which we live clean, wholesome, attractive. We can make the crowded city dweller homesick to come back to us and real living. We can bring new life, new business, new beauty, to the little towns." - Mame Roberts
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