Tara+Clark

What is your favorite holiday? Why? Tell something about the customs, traditions and/or food that you especially enjoy which are associated with this holiday and what their origins are. Using the internet, find a link that provides information about either the holiday itself or an interesting aspect of it. Also, you will need to find an image to include with your text.

My favorite holiday is Halloween. I am not 100% sure why that is, since I do not usually do anything very exciting, but I think it is a combination of the fact that I love scary things and also that the history of the holiday is very interesting. Generally, Halloween is really a kids' holiday because kids dress up in costumes and go trick or treating to get candy, but I like to go to haunted houses and fun places that are creepy. This year we are going to Philadelphia the weekend before Halloween and visiting Eastern State Penitentiary - right, Pete? ;) I posted a link below about the actual history of Halloween and how it started as a harvest festival. (You should all go to Pete's page and tell him we should go to Philly)  everyone loves Pete. Yippee!!!!  (He is now editing my page as well....)   The History of Halloween if you click here!!!!