halloween

Travis Scott Deletes Instagram Account After Fans Mock His Halloween Costume

Travis Scott took to drastic measures after getting mocked or his Halloween costume. The rapper deleted his Instagram account on Sunday morning after posting a picture in a brown Batman costume and getting mocked for it soon after.“Travis Scott is drowning in millions of dollars right now and he couldn’t get a good Batman costume smh,” one tweet read. “Travis Scott’s batman costume has me dead,” said another user.Although most fans believe he deleted the account because the jokes got to him, a few also speculate that the Instagram disappearance is an indication of new music coming soon, since ...

Pandemic, election brew an extra-spooky Halloween

Croton-on-Hudson (United States) (AFP) - Croton-on-Hudson is a quaint village an hour north of New York City that has thrived thanks to a spooky tale written some 200 years ago. The town is still holding its annual Halloween bash this year -- with the US election and the coronavirus pandemic lending an extra dose of chills.The October 31 holiday is an industry of its own in this picturesque corner of the Hudson River Valley. Tens of thousands of tourists from all over the world venture there seeking the spirit of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," an 1820 story by Washington Irving about a headles...

5 Ways to have an Online Halloween in Japan This Year

Halloween in Japan is a big deal. Over the past couple of decades, the holiday has slowly grown from a small event celebrated only by foreigners to one of the biggest party weekends in the country. That’s not to say children and families are left out. Beyond the clubs and the truck-tipping wild antics found in Shibuya, there are parades, costume contests and even trick-or-treating, although these are still mostly limited to shopping malls and shotengai (shopping streets).Unfortunately, we are still in a horror movie come to life, thanks to COVID-19. While fears appear to be easing around the c...

Spooking Yourself While Social Distancing

Halloween 2020 is different—so let’s give it a classic Japanese twist!While long-haired specters clad in white are the most Japanese of horror tropes, many of Japan’s ghostly tales come straight out of real life. If you’d like to scare yourself silly for this Halloween in Japan, but aren’t big on visiting a haunted house during a pandemic, why not try a good old fashioned kimodameshi?Testing Your LiverKimodameshi (肝試し or きもだめし), literally means “testing your liver” and is a bravery challenge wherein you (alone or with friends) head into abandoned structures, parks, temples, shrines, and so on ...

This Halloween, Tell Children About REAL Monsters

*This [Halloween](https://www.valuewalk.com/2020/10/secondhand-tobacco-smoke-auto-accidents/), Tell Children About REAL Monsters; Use Holiday to Educate Kids About The Biggest Threat They Face, The Tobacco Companies*Q3 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and moreWASHINGTON, D.C. (October 27, 2020) - Folklore says that vampires, the most frightening of all Halloween monsters, enslave people by biting their necks, and eventually cause them to suffer a lingering death.When parents assure their young children that vampires are only imaginary, they can also use the occasion to warn kids about the ...

Secondhand Tobacco Smoke More Deadly Than Auto Accidents or Adulterated Treats

Biggest Halloween Risk for Kids May Be Surprising; Secondhand Tobacco Smoke More Deadly Than Auto Accidents or Adulterated TreatsQ3 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and moreWASHINGTON, D.C. (October 26, 2020): Although the pandemic is likely to put a damper on some trick-or-treating by children this year, millions of parents, grandparents, family friends, and neighbors will probably warn young children about the dangers of motor vehicle accidents, or of eating candy which hasn't been inspected.Secondhand Tobacco Smoke: The Biggest Halloween Risk For KidsBut most will probably fail to warn ...

Harvest Moon Tonight! Two Full Moons In October, Rare Blue Moon on Halloween

As if 2020 couldn’t get any weirder, this October will see not one, but two full moons – and the second falls on Halloween.October’s first full moon will be on Oct. 1 and will be the harvest moon, which is the name given to the full moon closest to the autumnal equinox. Typically, the full harvest moon occurs in September, but the Sept. 2 full moon this year was too early to make the cut. Last year’s harvest moon occurred on Friday, Sept. 13.The harvest moon got its name from the practice of harvesting crops under the light of the full moon, according to the Farmer’s Almanac. During the harves...

2020 Halloween Afternoon Tea and Buffets in Tokyo

Pandemic, Election May Scare Away Consumers This Halloween

MUNCIE, Indiana – From a pandemic changing social habits to a highly controversial presidential race, this Halloween retail season “may be the most unpredictable one in recent memory,” said Steve Horwitz, an economics professor at Ball State University.Q2 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more“There are a variety of factors creating a high degree of uncertainty about what consumers are likely to do,” Horwitz said. “To the extent that the economy remains slow and that unemployment remains fairly high, that would suggest a sluggish holiday retail season.”He points out that the recently-re...

US health officials take the scare out of Halloween

Los Angeles (AFP) - Forget the princess outfit, the Batman suit, or the Donald Trump mask.The coronavirus pandemic has put a damper on Halloween celebrations in the US this year with health officials encouraging Americans to avoid heading out for a candy-fuelled evening and to instead stay home and hold virtual parties."Many traditional Halloween activities can be high-risk for spreading viruses," the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a statement that advised against crowded indoor costume parties or sending kids trick-or-treating."Going to an indoor haunted house where people...