Halloween 2008 Halloween 2008                       This is Julie and Christian Emil. My friends daughter and son.. The view of our livingroom   The entrance In the livingroom                                                                  Trick and treating      In the dark       My muffins And my muffins again    Caroline, THE BIRTHDAY KID.....             Aidan, my little PRINCE at the livingroom floor.           Livingroom        Livingroom and some candlelights etc..... Party Little kids party           Aidan is a "ridder".. Golden lock Trick and treating "The Jack O Lantern was originally a turnip that was carved out and a candle put in it. The word jack-o'-lantern is from an old Irish story. Once there was a man named Jack who was very mean. When he died, he went to the devil. The devil threw Jack a hot coal and told him to put it inside the turnip he was eating. "This is your lantern," said the devil. Jack is still walking with his lantern, looking for a place to stay." ~From Compton's Encyclopedia~ The World Book Encyclopedia says this: Jack-o'-lanterns are hollowed-out pumpkins with a face cut into one side. Most jack-o'-lanterns contain a candle or some other light. People in England and Ireland once carved out beets, potatoes, and turnips to use as lanterns on Halloween. After this custom reached America, pumpkins began to be used. Today, jack-o'-lanterns are used as decorations. According to an Irish legend, jack-o'-lanterns were named for a man called Jack, who could not enter heaven because he was a miser. He could not enter hell either, because he had played jokes on the devil. As a result, Jack had to walk the earth with his lantern until Judgment Day.