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Ah the 70s, between disco dancing and polyester, it was an interesting time. So why not throw a party for your friends who remember the 70s and may still have a few disco moves still in them? Or, you can throw a party for those who never lived in the 70s but always wanted to.

To stimulate your memory of the 70s, let’s look at what was going on. The 70s were mainly about disco dancing and leisure suits. It was a time of shag carpeting, avocado green appliances, macramé and paneling. The music of the 70s was coming from people and bands like Donna Summer, the Bee Gees, Earth Wind and Fire, Gloria Gaynor, Lionel Richie, Peaches & Herb, and The Village People.

How do you decorate for the 70s? Simple things such as hanging beaded curtains at the front door to create a disco ball from Mylar can really make a room. Black lights, psychedelic posters and lava lamps are quick and easy too. Happy face posters, candles or incense also are small details you can add.

As for food, look around at yard sales for old fondue pots and place them in the middle of each table. Each pot serves your meal as well as works as a centerpiece. To really get your guests mingling, put a different type of fondue at each table and serve different types of cheese fondue as your appetizer. Cook up spicy chicken, Mexican, or teriyaki fondues as the main course. Add chocolate fondue for your dessert. The addition of finger food and buffets are also nice for your guests. Vintage types of foods such as Frito’s, deviled eggs, Jiffy Popcorn and Ding Dongs are fun. Vintage candy also brings back memories for people like Abba Zabba, Boston Baked Beans, Big Hunks, Sixlets, Pop Rocks even Ding Dongs! For drinks how about Dr. Pepper, Tab, RC Cola or even Grape Crush?

Do you enjoy games at your party? Musical chairs can be played to the funky sounds of Sly and the Family Stone, Donna Summer, the Commodores, La Chick, K.C. & the Sunshine Band, and Kool & the Gang. You can invite friends to dig out their favorite record or eight track tapes and hold a contest for best dance music. Of course you will need an eight-track player and record player to play your guests vintage music.

Other games could include charades or even using the Ouija Board.

And last of course, you want to emphasize your guest’s costumes. During the 70s there was carryover from the 60s, so encourage guests to bring their best bell-bottoms if they don’t own a disco dress. Other types of clothing wore during the 70s included brightly colored scarves, big sunglasses, platform shoes, floppy hats, halter/tube tops, jewelry in the shape of a peace sign, tie dyed clothing and big hair. You can vote for the most creative or most unique.

A 70s themed party is sure to please everyone and even bring back a few interesting memories. So go all out and have lots of fun.
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On October 31, you will be greeted by witches, ghouls, demons, devils and monsters when you open the door to hand out your trick-or-treat goodies. Parties for the young and old will be popping off all over town where kids and adults bob for apples, dance to the “Monster Mash” and tell scary stories to spook each other. Jack-o-lanterns, witches, black cats and creepy cobwebs decorate the front porches of neighborhood homes. Halloween is a spooky day, indeed, but where did it all start, and how? And what’s with that “trick or treat,” anyway?
Celtic legend leads us to believe that it began with their fascinating society and culture. The Celts believed that when a person died, they passed into a land of eternal happiness and youth, called Tirnan Og. This mythology predates the introduction of Christianity in their part of the world, and therefore they had no knowledge of the heaven or hell that the Christians later taught them about.
It was the mix of Christian theology and Celtic legends that led to the development of All Hallow’s Eve. On this night, the dead would return for in search of a living body to inhabit, which was said to be their only hope for the afterlife. However, modern views of the holiday differ greatly from earlier times. Today it’s more about the fun of trick-or-treating, putting on a costume, going door to door and gathering yummy sweets to fill your sack. There is simply a ton of fun, for all ages, in dressing up as your favorite fictional character, superhero or ghoulish creature. For one night you can be an entirely different person, or not a person at all!
From piety to party
For many hundreds of years Halloween was just one religious observance among many. Its reputation today is built on fun and parties, but some people seem to think that it was thought of as an evil holiday for hundreds of years. This in turn has put fear into a lot of people who might not know all the facts, and think of Halloween as some sort of anti-Christian celebration. This is not the case.
Halloween began with two different developments that coexisted peacefully. On the one hand, it was a celebration of the dead where people would gather in cemeteries around their departed loved ones. They would light candles, burn incense, pray and even dance around the headstones. They believed that by doing this it would help the dead on their journey through the afterlife. Many of those practices still find expressions today in the traditions of both cultures and individual families.
On the other hand, Halloween was a time for devout believers to ridicule the devil and make fun of demons and spirits. Dressing up as a witch and carrying a broom, or putting on a sheet to play a ghost, were exercises in religious propaganda, you might say. Irish immigrants brought several strands of this tradition to America in the 1800s, while other Western nations began to recognize the day (rather, the night) in the mid-1900s.
Halloween in the third millennium
Halloween was born in Europe, and it is still primarily the Western world that recognizes and, in different ways, celebrates it. October 31st is the designated day in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, Ireland, New Zealand, Japan, the United Kingdom and certain areas of Australia.
For adults, Halloween resembles nothing so much as a mix of masquerade balls and parties, something like Mardi Gras. People of all ages, in every disguise imaginable, participate in parades, decorate their homes, walk their children around the neighborhood and hand out candy at their front doors. For the kids, of course, it is a day and night of myth, mystery, magic and enchantment – and candy, of course.
Halloween has often been misunderstood as an evil day, which was never the case, and there are some people who still take it all much too seriously and seem unable to separate fact from fiction. So, if you are afraid of demons, monsters and creatures from another planet, and begin to see them invading your neighborhood, don’t worry. Just check you calendar. It’s probably Halloween,

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Halloween in near and can now be felt already. Various decors and costumes are now available in stores worldwide. We never ran out Halloween parties every time the occasion comes, and during parties we always make sure that we are at our best and we wore costumes we think is the best for the occasion. Shopping for a Halloween costume takes a lot of time and tough decision in order to land with the best one. The following things can be considered when shopping for Halloween costumes:

Price – this can be the first thing to consider for mostly of the buyers of Halloween costumes. Since Halloween costumes can be used only once or once a year, we must go for the cheaper ones. Sometimes I go look around on a thrift store to look for some cheaper costumes.

Materials used – this is also important when buying for a Halloween costumes. Materials used should be durable and cool to the body. Costumes normally have many accessories that cause some hot feeling that is why it is important that costumes be made of cool fabric.

Design – this can be the most important to everyone when considering in buying for a costume. When buying for a Halloween costume, of course it is important that it should be stylish and hip to get everybody’s attention on the party.

Various designs are available when buying for a Halloween costume. The Ghost tops of the list. During Halloween, this can always be the inexpensive costume. One can always create their own ghost costume by cutting some holes in an old sheet.

An angel is another design used during Halloween parties. One can make this angel costume by using a sheet like for the ghost, but this time around one should spray the sheet lightly with some clear spray paint and toss glitter on it before the paint will dry. Create a halo and the wings out of hangers covered with an aluminum foil. Before you knew it, you already have a wonderful angel costume created.

The nerd is one of the cheapest Halloween costumes one can ever have. It costs even nothing if you are creative enough with what you already have. All you have to do to have a nerd costume is to make use of your old pants that are too small already, then mistakenly buttoned you shirt up, have your hair slicked back, make use of your old par of glasses with a tape, white socks, and a big book to carry under your arm.

A princess costume can be the bestsellers for the little angels. To have a princess costume without spending too much is to make use of mom’s old slip, hem and take some that is just enough for a little girl. Get some discounted sparkly netting attached to the bottom half of the slip to make a billowy skirt and make use of a long length of it by doubling up an wrap it around the shoulders and clasp it with a pretty pin. Add some beautiful finishing by using mom’s make up and jewelries.