Don’t play with fire, it’s Halloween Day!!!
Halloween Holiday- Costumes, Jack O Lanterns, Trick or Treating, parties and loads of fun!! But the Halloween celebrations are not yet complete without the 2 most important reasons why children love to celebrate the Halloween Night- Fireworks and Bonfires!!! Unfortunately, while they have fun, they are not aware that somewhere during the fun, these fires will end them up with serious burns and injuries to their hands and eyes!
Here are 10 most horrific dangers when you play with Halloween Fire:
10 Dangers of Fire Fun on Halloween Night!
"Fireworks are known not only for the injuries they cause to our bodies, but they are also great sources of distubance to families where babies sleep, the elderly require rest and children are engaged in studies!"
1. Most fireworks are illegally sold without any quality checks. This makes them very dangerous to use as they are mostly defective and harmful as well.
2. Legal action will be taken against those who dump their household waste for creating bonfires.
3. Full time supervision of children is necessary as they are thrilled to be near the fires but do not understand it’s dangerous effects if they get too near to the fire.
4. Children should be kept away from fireworks as any accident with fireworks will cause burns and serious body harms to the hands and eyes.
5. If fireworks are thrown in public places, there is every chance of a fire outbreak in people’s property and houses resulting in large-scale damages. The Police will severely charge those guilty of such offences.
6. Individuals dump household wastes for burning bonfires. This will result in air pollution and will also affect human beings as these wastes may contain plastic, electricals, toxic liquids and other harmful pollution causing materials which will produce dangerous and life threatening health problems.
7. Fireworks are known not only for the injuries they cause to our bodies, but they are also great sources of distubance to families where babies sleep, the elderly require rest and children are engaged in studies.
8. Police will be on patrol throughout the night to avoid any sort of criminal or anti social activities which usually arise during celebrations and seasonal holidays.
9. Lighting fireworks in restricted areas or possession of illegal fireworks are crimes and if caught, then criminial prosecution will be undertaken.
10. Use of fireworks causes loud noise and smoke enabling the smoke alarms to sound. This distresses residential areas who will dial emergency numbers as distress calls. The entire drama wastes the time and energy of everyone, the Police, the law breakers and the families who makes the call.
5 Fire Safety Measures required during Halloween Party Night!
1. Firstly, plan bonfires in places where there is good supply of water and away from residential areas.
2. Never burn bonfires or light up fireworks while standing near to telephone or electrical line posts or cables.
3. An elderly person or Authorised Officer must keep children away from fires and make sure that harmful and highly flammable resources like kerosene, petrol, etc:- are not used to light bonfires.
4. Each individual must be responsible to check that all fires are put out before they leave the area.
5. Start bonfires atleast a couple of feet away from the people so that no fireworks are lit near the bonfires.
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Friday, October 30, 2009
5 Ways To Protect Your Pets During Halloween!
Protect your Pets during Halloween!
"As always, there are few people who think beyond the danger zone and unnecessarily choose the negative turn. Don’t let your PETS out on Halloween night as they may end up in the wrong hands of these kind of people and your pets will serve as 'torture victims' and sometimes even as 'stuffed parcels' at your doorsteps!"
Precautions on Halloween are not meant for people alone. Pets are also subject to accidents and attacks and on Halloween night they should also be given extra care so that no harm is caused to them. Here are 5 ways to protect your pets during Halloween Night:
5 Pet Care Measures On Halloween!
1. The Halloween fireworks and bonfires causes great discomfort not only to people but also to animals whether pets, strays or farm animals. So don't take out your pets towards celebrating areas.
2. Children who play with fireworks and others who plan bonfires must keep it away from pets as the loud noise, fire and lights will definitely scare and frghten them making them restless for the rest of the night.
3. Once your pet is kept safe, be a 'Animal Hero' and try and take care of others pets which may find itself in trouble.
4. "As always, there are few people who think beyond the danger zone and unnecessarily choose the negative turn. Don’t let your pets out on Halloween night as they may end up in the wrong hands of these kind of people and your pets will serve as torture victims and sometimes even as stuffed parcels at your doorsteps!"
5. If you feel that your pet is threatened and help is away from your hands, then please call up the Patrol Officers who will be on road duty on Halloween night.
"As always, there are few people who think beyond the danger zone and unnecessarily choose the negative turn. Don’t let your PETS out on Halloween night as they may end up in the wrong hands of these kind of people and your pets will serve as 'torture victims' and sometimes even as 'stuffed parcels' at your doorsteps!"
Precautions on Halloween are not meant for people alone. Pets are also subject to accidents and attacks and on Halloween night they should also be given extra care so that no harm is caused to them. Here are 5 ways to protect your pets during Halloween Night:
5 Pet Care Measures On Halloween!
1. The Halloween fireworks and bonfires causes great discomfort not only to people but also to animals whether pets, strays or farm animals. So don't take out your pets towards celebrating areas.
2. Children who play with fireworks and others who plan bonfires must keep it away from pets as the loud noise, fire and lights will definitely scare and frghten them making them restless for the rest of the night.
3. Once your pet is kept safe, be a 'Animal Hero' and try and take care of others pets which may find itself in trouble.
4. "As always, there are few people who think beyond the danger zone and unnecessarily choose the negative turn. Don’t let your pets out on Halloween night as they may end up in the wrong hands of these kind of people and your pets will serve as torture victims and sometimes even as stuffed parcels at your doorsteps!"
5. If you feel that your pet is threatened and help is away from your hands, then please call up the Patrol Officers who will be on road duty on Halloween night.
HALLOWEEN IS THE FESTIVAL OF THE DEAD!!!
HALLOWEEN IS THE FESTIVAL OF THE DEAD!!!
Halloween, though openly associated with evil, is celebrated by most of the We
stern countries and falls on 31st October. It is also called ‘All Saints Eve’ , ‘All Hallows’ Eve’ and ‘Festival of the Dead!’ (The name says it all...). The festival begins at sunset and ends at midnight every 31st October. As it is celebrated in the night time, the festival is common for the colors Orange and Black, which resembles the darkness of sunset and night. It also symbolises the colour of the fire which comes from the pumpkins called Jack O Lanterns. This is why many Halloween decoration items and costumes are mostly coloured in Black and Orange. The most common Halloween treats are candy or toffe apples, caramel or taffu apples as Halloween holiday falls during the start of the annual Apple Harvest.
Celtic and Christian Cultures- the Halloween Background Traditions
The Halloween festival has a background of mixed cultures with the Celtic Festival of Samhain in Europe and the Christian taditional holy day of All Saints. While ‘All Saints’ is celebrated on 1st November where all the Saints are said to be gathering and remembered, it’s eve, 31st October is celebrated as the night before the Saints arrive where spirits of dead people, good or bad, come back to visit their families. It is from here that the concept of dressing in scary costumes was evolved in order to scare off the bad spirits. Thus the festival is secular with roots from both Celtic and Christian traditions mainly from Ireland and Scotland. It is the main factor how Halloween found it’s entry into America with the entry of Irish immigrants in the 18th century with reminders of the Great Irish Famine Period.
Halloween Celebrations
Halloween os celebrated with Trick or Treats, scary costumes, haunted locations, halloween parties, scary stories, fireworks, bonfires, horror films, carving pumpkins, eating ghost shaped sweets, etc:- Traditionally, the lanterns were a symbol of harvest time. As years passed, these lanterns were introduced to Halloween and were carved from turnips with designs of scary and funny faces. Now everyone carves Pumpkins as they are more bigger and spacier making it easy to carve.These lanterns are then lighted and kept in from of the house after sunset. People decorate their houses with ghostly characters like ghosts, monsters, witches, goblins, skeletons and vampires. Animal characters of wolves, bats, crows and spiders are also used.
TRICK OR TREAT!!!
Children celebrate Trick or treat on Halloween. They visit houses dressed in ghostly costumes shouting "Trick or treat?" With Treat, they mean to ask for sweets or even money. And with Trick, they mean to say that they will do some kind of a prank or mischief to the household if they dont get any treats. As a tradition in Ireland and Scotland, children must earn their treats by telling scary stories, dancing or singing songs. Food treats include Colcannon and Barmbrack from Ireland, Bonfire Toffee from Britian, Candy Corn from North America and other common treats like Pumpkin Pie, Pumpkin Bread, Candy Apples, Caramel Apples, Soul Cakes, Caramel Corn, Roasted Sweet Corn, etc:-
Some types of Traditional Halloween Games
1. Apple Bobbing or Dunking- The participant must take out an apple from the tub of bucket of water using only his teeth.
2. Fork Dunking- The participant must kneel on a chair with a fork between his teeth which he must drop into the apple.
3. Scone eating contest- Here, participants should try to jump and eat scones, coated with syrup and tied onto strings at a high level, while having their hands tied behind their backs.
RELIGION ON HALLOWEEN- FESTIVAL WHICH GLORIFIES EVIL
Though Halloween is widely a secular celebration, there are some sections of the people who have expressed strong religious statements about it. In the West, many Christians take Halloween as just another festival which is not satanic nor unspiritual for their children. In fact, they see it as a time to value the cultural heritage of their Celtic ancestors. However, there are other Christians who avoid Halloween celebrations as they believe that it practises evil and sorcery making it an accepted public glorification of the devil and other dark powers of hell. Some perceive Halloween as an insult to the Christian faith it originated as a pagan "Festival of the Dead." While many contemporary Protestant churches celebrate Halloween as a fun event for children and hold costume events in their churches with games and candy, few other Churches abstain from celebrating Halloween for they believe that a True Christian should never celbrate a festival orignating from the pagans especially a Festival of the Dead!
Halloween, though openly associated with evil, is celebrated by most of the We
stern countries and falls on 31st October. It is also called ‘All Saints Eve’ , ‘All Hallows’ Eve’ and ‘Festival of the Dead!’ (The name says it all...). The festival begins at sunset and ends at midnight every 31st October. As it is celebrated in the night time, the festival is common for the colors Orange and Black, which resembles the darkness of sunset and night. It also symbolises the colour of the fire which comes from the pumpkins called Jack O Lanterns. This is why many Halloween decoration items and costumes are mostly coloured in Black and Orange. The most common Halloween treats are candy or toffe apples, caramel or taffu apples as Halloween holiday falls during the start of the annual Apple Harvest.Celtic and Christian Cultures- the Halloween Background Traditions
The Halloween festival has a background of mixed cultures with the Celtic Festival of Samhain in Europe and the Christian taditional holy day of All Saints. While ‘All Saints’ is celebrated on 1st November where all the Saints are said to be gathering and remembered, it’s eve, 31st October is celebrated as the night before the Saints arrive where spirits of dead people, good or bad, come back to visit their families. It is from here that the concept of dressing in scary costumes was evolved in order to scare off the bad spirits. Thus the festival is secular with roots from both Celtic and Christian traditions mainly from Ireland and Scotland. It is the main factor how Halloween found it’s entry into America with the entry of Irish immigrants in the 18th century with reminders of the Great Irish Famine Period.
Halloween Celebrations
Halloween os celebrated with Trick or Treats, scary costumes, haunted locations, halloween parties, scary stories, fireworks, bonfires, horror films, carving pumpkins, eating ghost shaped sweets, etc:- Traditionally, the lanterns were a symbol of harvest time. As years passed, these lanterns were introduced to Halloween and were carved from turnips with designs of scary and funny faces. Now everyone carves Pumpkins as they are more bigger and spacier making it easy to carve.These lanterns are then lighted and kept in from of the house after sunset. People decorate their houses with ghostly characters like ghosts, monsters, witches, goblins, skeletons and vampires. Animal characters of wolves, bats, crows and spiders are also used.
TRICK OR TREAT!!!
Children celebrate Trick or treat on Halloween. They visit houses dressed in ghostly costumes shouting "Trick or treat?" With Treat, they mean to ask for sweets or even money. And with Trick, they mean to say that they will do some kind of a prank or mischief to the household if they dont get any treats. As a tradition in Ireland and Scotland, children must earn their treats by telling scary stories, dancing or singing songs. Food treats include Colcannon and Barmbrack from Ireland, Bonfire Toffee from Britian, Candy Corn from North America and other common treats like Pumpkin Pie, Pumpkin Bread, Candy Apples, Caramel Apples, Soul Cakes, Caramel Corn, Roasted Sweet Corn, etc:-
Some types of Traditional Halloween Games
1. Apple Bobbing or Dunking- The participant must take out an apple from the tub of bucket of water using only his teeth.
2. Fork Dunking- The participant must kneel on a chair with a fork between his teeth which he must drop into the apple.
3. Scone eating contest- Here, participants should try to jump and eat scones, coated with syrup and tied onto strings at a high level, while having their hands tied behind their backs.
RELIGION ON HALLOWEEN- FESTIVAL WHICH GLORIFIES EVIL
Though Halloween is widely a secular celebration, there are some sections of the people who have expressed strong religious statements about it. In the West, many Christians take Halloween as just another festival which is not satanic nor unspiritual for their children. In fact, they see it as a time to value the cultural heritage of their Celtic ancestors. However, there are other Christians who avoid Halloween celebrations as they believe that it practises evil and sorcery making it an accepted public glorification of the devil and other dark powers of hell. Some perceive Halloween as an insult to the Christian faith it originated as a pagan "Festival of the Dead." While many contemporary Protestant churches celebrate Halloween as a fun event for children and hold costume events in their churches with games and candy, few other Churches abstain from celebrating Halloween for they believe that a True Christian should never celbrate a festival orignating from the pagans especially a Festival of the Dead!
Beware Halloween Night: “PARENTS, 10 INSTRUCTIONS FOR YOUR CHILD’S SAFETY!
"Parents, please follow these instructions for your child’s safety!!"
It’s Halloween today. Your children have been waiting all summer to go out in their fancy costumes Trick or Treating. They will enjoy all through the night with fun, laughter and games. The excitement will reach it’s peak once the bonfires burn up and fireworks are lit up. However, with every step of their fun and games, they are also prone to major accidents, injuries and disasters on a Halloween Night. Parents, it’s up to you to take care of your children so that they return home safe and sound after the night’s party. So here are 10 steps to check the safety of your children on Halloween Night:
10 Children’s Safety Measures For Halloween Night!
"Always let your child go 'Trick or Treating' with a familiar group and not alone. You can never doubt a 'kid’napper' who dresses like a scare-crow on Halloween.!"
1. While carving pumpkins for 'Jack O Lanterns', parents should either do it themselves or supervise children into using plastic or party knives instead of sharp kitchen knives.
2. Always let your child go 'Trick or Treating' with a familiar group and not alone. You can never doubt a 'kid’napper' who dresses like a scare-crow on Halloween.
3. Come to a mutual understanding on the route which will be decided for the group to go Trick or Treating and no alternate routes.
4. Ensure that every child in the group is familiar with the houses they will be visiting and not to entertain homes of strangers.
5. Unless accompanied by a parent or an elderly group leader is available, children should never get into any person’s house.
6. The costumes, wigs and other clothing materials used should not limit the child’s movement and must be fire- resistant.
7. Small reflectors can be attached to their dress so that their walk during the night is safe and clearly visible to all. Equip them with extra change for a phone call or a mobile, an umbrella and a flashlight.
8. Make sure your child dresses wisely with normal attire to protect themselves from the cold weather and also to avoid any problem that may arise if the Halloween costume has been destroyed or torn apart.
9. All toy weapons, gadgets or any other resources that is part of the costume must not be sharp, flammable, or harmful to others. Use fire- resistant, soft and safe resources to enjoy a Happy Halloween.
10. Never allow your children to light fireworks or bonfires. Keep them well away from all kinds of fiery celebrations to keep them from burns and other injuries to the body.
It’s Halloween today. Your children have been waiting all summer to go out in their fancy costumes Trick or Treating. They will enjoy all through the night with fun, laughter and games. The excitement will reach it’s peak once the bonfires burn up and fireworks are lit up. However, with every step of their fun and games, they are also prone to major accidents, injuries and disasters on a Halloween Night. Parents, it’s up to you to take care of your children so that they return home safe and sound after the night’s party. So here are 10 steps to check the safety of your children on Halloween Night:
10 Children’s Safety Measures For Halloween Night!
"Always let your child go 'Trick or Treating' with a familiar group and not alone. You can never doubt a 'kid’napper' who dresses like a scare-crow on Halloween.!"
1. While carving pumpkins for 'Jack O Lanterns', parents should either do it themselves or supervise children into using plastic or party knives instead of sharp kitchen knives.
2. Always let your child go 'Trick or Treating' with a familiar group and not alone. You can never doubt a 'kid’napper' who dresses like a scare-crow on Halloween.
3. Come to a mutual understanding on the route which will be decided for the group to go Trick or Treating and no alternate routes.
4. Ensure that every child in the group is familiar with the houses they will be visiting and not to entertain homes of strangers.
5. Unless accompanied by a parent or an elderly group leader is available, children should never get into any person’s house.
6. The costumes, wigs and other clothing materials used should not limit the child’s movement and must be fire- resistant.
7. Small reflectors can be attached to their dress so that their walk during the night is safe and clearly visible to all. Equip them with extra change for a phone call or a mobile, an umbrella and a flashlight.
8. Make sure your child dresses wisely with normal attire to protect themselves from the cold weather and also to avoid any problem that may arise if the Halloween costume has been destroyed or torn apart.
9. All toy weapons, gadgets or any other resources that is part of the costume must not be sharp, flammable, or harmful to others. Use fire- resistant, soft and safe resources to enjoy a Happy Halloween.
10. Never allow your children to light fireworks or bonfires. Keep them well away from all kinds of fiery celebrations to keep them from burns and other injuries to the body.
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