Holidays and Celebrations : Intro to Halloween Superstitions ~ Happy Halloween!

Halloween superstitions?
For me, many of them were incredibly unbelievable or simply unexplainable.

But the holiday itself has always been fun. Designed to scare ya! Not terrifying heart-stopping scary. Fun scary! The celebration is loaded with superstitious beliefs that have been passed down from generation to generation. Some clouded in gloom and doom. Some harbingers of good fortune and good things to come. Halloween has from bats and black cats to ghosts and spirits to spiders and trick or treat.  Here is a link to a quick study!

A Brief Introduction to Halloween Superstitions

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Get into the spirit of the Halloween holiday!!

Artists I Fancy: The Art of The Munsters : Arnold Kohn (Reblog)

Saw this fun piece of artwork and wanted to credit the original artist. Thank goodness for that Google “Search by Image” tool.  Found this at another Blogspot blog and reblogged it.

Frankensteinia: The Frankenstein Blog: The Art of The Munsters : Arnold Kohn (Reblog)

“The Munsters” used to be one of my favorite comedy TV shows. Imagine. A TV series where there are lovable monsters who live right next door and are great neighbors! Who thought of that?? :) This blogger's archived posts date back to 2007. If you're in the mood for Halloween you might want to stop by.

"Artist Kohn established himself in the late Forties with his dynamic pulp covers, fronting such titles as the venerable Amazing Stories. ...The piece was used as a cover for a Whitman “Authorized TV Adventure” book called The Munsters and the Great Camera Caper, written by William Johnson ."

The Art of The Munsters: Arnold Kohn

Cast of Characters Represented in the Art:

(Celebrity's Name / Character's Name)

• Fred Gwynne / Herman Munster
• Al Lewis / Grandpa
• Yvonne De Carlo / Lily Munster (wife)
• Butch Patrick / Eddie Munster (son)
• Pat Priest / Marilyn Munster (daughter)

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