Team Weichman Annual Halloween Page Is Up and Running!

Happy Halloween!  It's scary... but according to the International Mass Retail Association, Halloween has become the second leading holiday after Christmas.

More Scary Facts: This Halloween, Americans will consume $950 million worth of chocolate and candy. Halloween is the No. 1 candy selling season, followed by Christmas, Easter and Valentine's Day. 93% of American children will go trick-or-treating this Halloween. The association also says Americans will buy an estimated 20 million pounds of candy corn this year.

But, here's a calorie-free way to enjoy Halloween - surf on by and have fun on these sites... You don't have to be a kid to enjoy this pretty cool site for kids and adults (downloadable witch screams and squeaky doors, screen savers, graphics and recipes.) This site will entertain with spooky music while you surf it. BOOVille is guaranteed to help you enjoy the scariness of the day!  Ben & Jerry have fun and games from their Flavor Graveyard, too! For those who like to be scared, Halloween on the Web has lots of Halloween sites by categories to satisfy the soul. Got that Halloween Party and can't think of what to wear? For costume inspiration and ideas, Halloween Costumes is dedicated to help you come up with the best! Halloween Street has costumes and accessories for all ages. If you'd like to make your own, FabricLink has the spooktacular designs. Costumes Unlimited has a collection that includes fairytale, futuristic, international and famous people costumes. Then decorate your house with ideas from Halloween Online has tips for haunting your house this Halloween. Fall foliage is part of the season, and you can learn all about where, why, and how to preserve them at this Fall Foliage site. Leafpeepers.com has cams throughout every region of the states to view the changes in progress. Halloween Hall has some Witchy Wonders, Vonderful Vampires, and Scary Stories.   About 99 percent of the pumpkins marketed are used as Jack-O-Lanterns at Halloween. Practice your Jack-O-Lantern skills and become a pro before you do the real pumpkin. Or get a Funkin! Ever wonder why pumpkins grow in so many different shapes and sizes? Or, how to process fresh pumpkin for use in a pie? Check out Swan's Pumpkin Farm for a formula to keep your pumpkin fresh and download their printable templates for making unique carved pumpkins. Then visit The Pumpkin Masters for some carving techniques and patterns. This is an exquisite site, with some generous prizes, and a special section for kids. Jack-O-Lantern has tips for techniques, longevity , and a gallery of designs. Visit This Scary Place and visit the Famous Monsters if you dare! They're expecting you! All Hallows Eve has a collection of Halloween links for kids of all ages to amaze, amuse you. Are you looking for some Halloween bats, orange pumpkins and black cats? You must be at Jan's Courtyard...animations, evil laughs and tons of graphics. Just want Halloween sounds, like MonsterMash, the Adams Family, howling wolves or free clipart for your own flyers, sites? Scary Sounds has them for you! And for some more some frightfully cool midi music, visit Absolutely Halloween Is your computer ready for Halloween? Want skeletons dancing across your screen, or just a really booo time, visit this Happy Haunting page. Aha! Think you've got a ghost in your computer? See if there's some spirit energy lurking or if your RAM is suffering from vampire bytes... A Ghost in Your Machine will tell you how to check. Scary stuff, weird and goofy stuff, whatever satisfies the practical joker in you--Tricks and Treats has it, and then some. Frighten friends, amuse colleagues, and just plain have fun. And for the Monster (as in huge) of all pages...Night of the Living Yahoo offers a Monsterpedia, a Trick-O-Meter, A Paranormal Panel by Strange Universe, and lots of Ghost Stories! Don't forget to send your friends and relatives an Animated Musical Halloween card! Blue Mountain has interactive Halloween cards for invitations and choices from scary to fun. Haunted Halloween has some Spooktacular party planning ideas and Haunt cuisine for ghosts and goblins and Freaky Food recipes. If you'd rather have a chocolate jack-o-lantern delivered to your door (or to a friend), Halloween Chocolates will be your treat! If i've missed any fun Halloween sites, this Happy Halloween site and Halloween Central might have one just for you.

Pumpkin Facts Factoid - How to make pumpkin last through Halloween: Don't carve it until you absolutely must, Once you slice into the pumpkin, it's only days away from shriveling to something really scary.

Tips for preserving your pumpkin as long as possible: Cover the places you cut with petroleum jelly. "Otherwise, the pumpkin starts drying out right away," she said. "The petroleum jelly will help keep the moisture in." Dunk your pumpkin in a tub of ice water. "You can soak it for an hour. It kind of rehydrates it." Line it and cover it with plastic wrap.

Tip on how to pick that good pumpkin. "Go for a deep orange color, a nice dark color. And push on the bottom, not the stem side. The bottom should be really firm. That's the first place it starts softening up." Look for a pumpkin that's free of dings. Those in the produce business say a pumpkin's lifespan is about 160 days. "But we did this as an experiment: We stored a pumpkin in a shed and it went an entire year."

 

Have a Happy and Safe Halloween!

 

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