For the last several election years it has been said that Halloween mask sales of the Presidential candidates has been 100% accurate in predicting the winner of the election! I find this to be so interesting I have decided to run a "virtual" version of this phenonenon right here in Eagle Mountain. So, if you have 10 seconds to spare I would ask you to CLICK HERE to vote for which candidate you would rather be for Halloween. Also, if know anyone who would enjoy a little bit of Halloween/Election fun please feel free to forward this email to let them play along. The results will be emailed out on Monday, November 2, 2009. CLICK HERE to add yourself or a friend to the emailing list to receive the poll results. Good luck and Happy Halloween! --Tom Groark Some interesting trivia on Halloween courtesy of Wikipedia.com There are several games traditionally associated with Halloween parties. One common game is dunking or apple bobbing, in which apples float in a tub or a large basin of water and the participants must use their teeth to remove an apple from the basin. A variant of dunking involves kneeling on a chair, holding a fork between the teeth and trying to drop the fork into an apple. Another common game involves hanging up treacle or syrup-coated scones by strings; these must be eaten without using hands while they remain attached to the string, an activity that inevitably leads to a very sticky face. Some games traditionally played at Halloween are forms of divination. A traditional Irish and Scottish form of divining one's future spouse is to carve an apple in one long strip, then toss the peel over one's shoulder. The peel is believed to land in the shape of the first letter of the future spouse's name. Unmarried women were told that if they sat in a darkened room and gazed into a mirror on Halloween night, the face of their future husband would appear in the mirror. However, if they were destined to die before marriage, a skull would appear. The custom was widespread enough to be commemorated on greeting cards from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The telling of ghost stories and viewing of horror films are common fixtures of Halloween parties. Episodes of TV series and specials with Halloween themes (with the specials usually aimed at children) are commonly aired on or before the holiday, while new horror films, are often released theatrically before the holiday to take advantage of the atmosphere.
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