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All Hallow's Eve When Things Go Bump in The Night In ancient Britain and Ireland, the Celtic festival of Samhain eve was observed on October 31. It was also the eve of the new year in both Celtic and Anglo-Saxon times and was the occasion for huge fire festivals when enormous bonfires were set on hilltops to frighten away evil spirits. The souls of the dead were supposed to revisit their homes on this day and ghosts, witches, hobgoblins, black cats, fairies and demons of all kinds were said to be roaming about. Over the years Halloween has become a secular celebration enjoyed mainly by the young and though the symbols have remained much the same, the method of celebration has not. For the kids it is Trick or Treat and sweets of every variety abound. The pumpkin, by the way, was added to the mix in the USA. It was the symbol for a night watchman, the jack-o-lantern. Although today they are used as exterior holiday decorations, originally they were meant to warn tricksters away. Sorry this item is out of stock.A. The Witch's Brew Box. She stirs and chants "Double, double, toil and trouble, Fire burn and cauldron bubble. Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog, By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes." (Courtesy of Will Shakespeare.) Inside the "Eye of the Newt". Retail: About $171.00. Our price: $154.90. Encore and still one of the best.
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this item is out of stock. C. The Whoooo's Hat Box. Eerily attractive, don't you think? Inside a tiny little pumpkin, dimensional and removable. Retail: About $149.00. Our price: $134.90. Encore -- still one of the best. D. The Ghost Walks at Midnight Box. And you just know he's coming to getchya! He's wearing the latest in ghostly robes and he's schlepping his ball and chain behind him. To light his way, a pumpkin and a fright wig to complete his fashion statement. Retail: About $165.00. Our price: $148.90. Encore - you can almost hear the chain clanking as he walks. E. The Halloween Loot Box. When I was a little kid, my friends and I would stop at the "Candy Store" every day coming home from school. We always had a penny or two clutched in our hands and we would stand for several minutes debating over which candy we would get that day. In those days you could get several pieces of candy for a penny. The gentleman who owned the store would watch us finger the glass case in which they were displayed and repeatedly say, "Look but don't touch" but we always did. How could you make such an important decision without pointing at it? So there would be fingerprints all over the case when we had finally made our choices. That was before Windex arrived so cleaning our daily marks off the case was a BIG deal. Anyway, when we had chosen, he would put the candies into small brown paper sacks and we would hand over our pennies. Then we would leave the store and walk home sloooowly so that all of the candy could be eaten before we ever got home. My Mother always wondered why I never wanted milk and cookies after school. I never told her and she never found out. My largess was from sources other than my Mom, obviously. The entire box is done in deep relief and the candy looks good enough to eat!!! In the center of the cover, a huge jack-o-lantern in a sea of jelly beans, peppermints M and M's, Indian Corn and chocolate kisses. Inside a Bon Bon and the clasp, a fruit. Colorful and fun!! Retail: About $189.00. Our price: $170.90. If the Treats were the best part of Halloween for you then this is your box!
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this item is out of stock. H. The Blackest Black Cat Ever Box. Two yellow eyes peering out of this all black cat! Back arched and tail low to the ground, something has made him very wary! Is it the pumpkin painted on the box, or the tiny ghost painted on the box? Aha! Maybe it is the ghost painted inside the box, the one with the ball and chain! Well, there is certainly something out there that is making this little guy arch his back the way he has -- cats do that when they are threatened so something is bothering him. Well, it is Halloween and all sorts of ghosts, witches, bats and goblins are about. The clasp on the box is a growling cat's face. Retail: About $145.00. Our price: $130.90. NEW (This, by the way, is the only all black cat box I have ever seen that has any detail to it at all.) I. The Witchiest Witch of Them All Box. When I saw this box it
just broke me up. The witch is hilarious! She's got warts and a hook
nose
and long scraggly red hair that sort of hangs down all over, her clothes
have patches on them and her hands are dirty and to make the cheese
more
binding -- she hasn't a tooth in her mouth. On her witch's hat is a skull,
a bat in brass is flying just off to her right and she is holding a
huge
book filled with malevolent hexes and cackling delightedly at them. She's
probably planning something really virulent. A tiny black and grey cat
sits waiting for her and her broom is resting partly on her book and
partly on her arm while she mulls over which hex she is going to cast
on the
next person in her line of vision. Don't get too close! You might be
the one. Inside she's got a fire going with a huge kettle of ????? The
clasp
is an owl. Retail: About $213.00. Our price: $192.90. NEW and Scaaarrrrry! To find out more about ordering, Click Here |
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