Halloween
The history of Halloween
Apparently the ancient Celts thought up the earliest halloween-type celebrations, sometimes placing skeletons in doorways to represent their dead ancestors. The Irish gave us the origins of the Jack o'Lantern - they used vegetables to symbolise heads of the dead. But we owe the tradition of the carved Hallowe'en Pumpkin to North America, the same as spooky Halloween costumes and trick or treating.There are plenty of special Halloween events in West Sussex - here are just a few to chill the bones and make your hair stand on end. So grab your broom and cauldron, dig out your spell book and dust off your witch's costume from last year. It's Halloween.
HALLOWEEN EVENTS
Tulley's Farm Halloween Attractions
There are spooky goings on at Tulley's Farm near Crawley all over the Halloween festival period.Haunted attractions are the order of the day during most of October - including a creepy cottage and spooky trail. Blood curdling horror for children aged 3 to 12 years.
Arundel Halloween
The WWT are organising an interesting Halloween festival called The Scary Side of Nature. Booking is recommended for a lantern lit expedition round the Wetlands Centre. It's being billed as super-scary by the organisers and so if your child is under 8 or does like to be frightened too much, then best stay at home with all the lights on hidden behind the sofa.
Halloween Fun
There'll be a Ghost Train, bonfire, lantern walk and spooky ghost stories aplenty on 31 October at Amberley Industrial Museum. Scary stuff!
The Haunted House of Lickfold
The pumpkins are carved, the cauldron is brewing....dare you look to see what's behind the door of the Lickfold Inn or will it be too frightening to contemplate?
Halloween at Borde Hill Gardens
Borde Hill Gardens' Halloween Week includes a ghost trail through the gardens, trick or treating with a bubbling witches cauldron and face painting in the Ghost Tent.
Ferring Country Centre Frightfest
Ferring Country Centre is marking Halloween with ghostly face painting and pumpkin carving on 31 October plus various other fun stuff for kids.
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