Halloween at Shoes by Mail
Wednesday from The Adams Family likes her gothic school wear. Clarks Griffin Mia shoes are a perfect match to her style. With small elements such as lipstick or earrings you can have a perfect outfit for Halloween.
Morticia is very proud of her long hair, red lips and also her gothic long dress. Clarks Kendra Sienna shoes are a great match to her outfit. With the glossy patent leather they are a nice eye catching shoe. Match with red nail varnish and beautiful red earrings, to finish off the outfit.
Lurch is the tall butler in The Adams Family. He is always very smart and his make up is his trade mark. The perfect shoes for his outfit are Clarks Unbizley View, which are comfortable for all the work he does!
Pugsley is the malicious boy always causing trouble in the Adams Family. To his simple outfit you can match Dr Martens Everley shoes. They are very robust for all the sneaky tricks he does!
Everyone knows Beetlejuice a rambunctious spirit. This is a very popular costume on Halloween every year, which can be matched with our Dr. Martens 16 eyelet classic. They will give your outfit the edge it needs this season. With the punky design, they are stylish and practical.
A witch costume is one of the most popular on Halloween. To every outfit Clarks Carlita Cove shoes are the perfect style with their soft gloss and smooth leather.
Every year on Halloween girls like to dress up in different costumes. With Clarks Pass Lace Solar running from house to house can be made fun. Clarks flashing insole lights provide even more fun in the darkness.
Dress up as scary Dracula with his strong make up and sharp teeth, he is the favourite character for every little boy. Clarks Loris Step are perfect match to this costume. Clarks Agion® technology keeps feet fresh and dry, great for all day wear. Complete this look with red eye pencil, pale powder and fake blood.
Halloween has passed down through generations and is a holiday of mystery and intrigue. Halloween is celebrated on the night of 31st of October and has its origins date back to the Celtic festival of Samhain. Celts were a nation who lived 2,000 years ago in areas which are now Ireland, United Kingdom and northern France.
On November the 1st they celebrated their New Year. This day marked the end of summer, then the harvest and the darkness and cold winter began. This time was associated with human death. Celts believed that on this night there is no boundary between the world of the living and dead, so the ghosts of the dead return to earth. So they celebrated Samhain. For this event they built huge sacred bonfires, where the people met together to burn crops as sacrifices to the Celtic priests. During the celebration, the Celts wore costumes made of animal heads and skins, and attempted to tell each other’s fortunes. But how do the people in places like America, Britain and Germany celebrate Halloween?
In the nineteenth century, America got new immigrants, especially from Ireland and England. They all helped to popularize the celebration of Halloween nationally. Americans began to dress up in costumes, play traditional games and go house to house asking for food or money, a practise that eventually became today’s “trick-or-treat” tradition. Young women would use symbols like mirrors, apple parings or yarn to divine the name of their future husband, a tradition that probably dates back to the early All Souls’ Day parades in England.
In the late 1800s Halloween became more a holiday in America. That became more about community and parties rather than witchcraft or ghosts. People were encouraged to make Halloween celebrations “frightening” and “gruesome”. On Halloween, Americans believed that ghosts came back to the earthly world, people thought that they would encounter ghosts if they left their homes. To avoid being recognized by these ghosts, people would wear masks when they left their homes after dark so that the ghosts would mistake them for fellow spirits. On Halloween, to keep ghosts away from their houses, people would place bowls of food outside their homes to appease the ghosts and prevent them from attempting to enter.
The British celebrate Halloween with parties where guests are arrive in a costume, watch horror films together at home or at the cinema. Children dress up for trick-or-treating knocking on the door for sweets or snacks. Those who don’t give out a treat may be tricked with a joke instead.
Halloween is also known as Apple and Candle Night. This comes from a traditional game played at this time of year and known as ‘apple bobbing’ or ‘apple ducking’. A bucket is filled with water and plenty apples are floated on the top. The candidates take turns trying to catch an apple with their teeth. They must hold their hands behind their backs at all times.
Some people believe that apple bobbing is a reminder of the way women were tested for being a witch in the Middle Ages.
One of the modern Halloween aspects is the typical Jack-o’-lantern which is carved off with different designs usually a face. In most countries the colours orange and black are popular at Halloween. Pumpkins, witches or ghosts are various symbols also associated with Halloween.
Many Germans celebrate Halloween. Especially the older generation. It’s a common misconception that Halloween stems from North America and is an American hype. But the tradition and celebration itself had its origins in Europe. Of course, the influence of American commercialism has changed Halloween forever.
Germans like to decorate with pumpkins. By mid-October you’ll see some carved out pumpkins on people’s doorsteps in the streets, but not as much as in North America. They attend costume parties, visit haunted locations like 1000 year old fortress ruins in Darmstadt known as Burg Frankenstein and famous pumpkin festival in Retz, Austria.
In large metropolitan cities of Germany you’ll see groups of children actually go door-to-door saying “Süßes oder Saures” (“sweet or sour”) instead of “trick-or-treat “as they collect treats from their neighbours. Traditionally children go from street to street witch their lanterns to celebrate St. Martin’s Day on the 11th of November singing songs and collect treats which is very similar to Halloween but an even more popular and important holiday for Germans.
Halloween specialty stores are becoming more and more popular in Germany. One interesting difference between Germany and North America in regards to costumes. The Germans seem to indulge much more in scary dress-ups than Americans, even for kids when it comes to Halloween.
Everyone in the whole world celebrates Halloween. In different way or countries they all have fun on this day.