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This episode starts by showing a carved pumpkin
which is called Jack-o’lantern and is
usually made at Halloween. The origin of
carving pumpkins dates back some centuries and it is related to the story of an
Irish man nicknamed ‘Stingy Jack’.
According
to the story, Stingy Jack and the Devil were having a drink but Jack did not
want to pay for it, so he asked the Devil to turn into a coin to pay. Once they
had tricked the barman Jack decided to keep the money so he placed the coin
next to a silver cross in order to avoid the Devil returning to its original
form.
At some
point, the Devil got hungry and Jack accepted to feed him on the condition that
he would not bother Jack for a year and that he would not claim his soul after
his death. After the year had passed, the Devil was tricked again to pick up a
piece of fruit by climbing into a tree but he could not get down because Jack
had carved sign of the cross into the tree’s bark. The result of this was that
the Devil promised Jack not to bother him for another ten years.
Years
later, Jack died but he was not allowed to enter heaven nor hell because the
Devil kept his word. However, he sent Jack to Earth into the dark night with
only a burning coal to light his way. Jack put the coal into a carved turnip
hand has been wandering since then. Later, he began to be known as ‘Jack of the
Lantern’ or ‘Jack O’Lantern’.
Later,
people began to put their own versions of the Jack-o’lanters to frighten away
Jack and other spirits. When the Europeans arrived in the United States, they
started using pumpkins, a fruit native to America, to carve their lamps (http://urbanext.illinois.edu/pumpkins/history.cfm)
.
Nowadays
people still carve pumpkins for Halloween but they use a variety of designs
that do not necessarily resemble Jack O’Lantern. Take a look at this design!
If you want
to carve your own lantern, we recommend that you visit this site http://www.halloweenpumpkins.be/en/makeyourown.html.
Then, we can see is the that the Simpsons decided to throw a Halloween party wearing costumes and preparing funny food in order to fit the Halloween traditions. Costumes are a very important trait in this celebration no matter the place it’s being celebrated. Did you know that the first use of costumes on a Halloween celebration was around 1895 in Scotland, and it wasn’t until 1900 when the USA and England joined the new tradition?
We can usually see that costumes such as Dracula, the Mummy, Frankenstein, or witches are the most common in parties and on Halloween day but nowadays people have “lost” some of the Halloween magic and use the occasion to wear any kind of costumes like pirates, superheroes like Superman, Batman, Catwoman, nurses, princesses or even zombies. (http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-halloween-costumes-20121010-photos,0,7497664.photogallery?index=la-fi-mo-halloween-costumes-20121010-photos-009)
As all the Simpsons take turns telling some scary stories, comes one that talks about black magic, spells and… ZOMBIES! Let’s begin with black magic. Black magic had always existed by the tie people associated it with Halloween. Supposedly Halloween talks about the undead and how they can come to communicate with the living ones. For people it was so easy to link this to black magic and start thinking about spells and the appearance of ghosts. In this episode the main story talks about Bart finding a book of spells and reciting the one to relive their cat but instead they bring dead people back as zombies! Then he has to chant a spell to undo his little mistake.
And talking about zombies… Have you noticed how they have become a new trend in society? If you are thinking about this costume for this coming Halloween here´s a make-up tutorial on zombie make up and you can find many other tutorials for your next Halloween: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xm5rq1_how-to-do-zombie-makeup_lifestyle#.Uaag0pyDDDM.
Well, that's all for now! See you next episode!
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