Hancock International College
October 2014
Volume 2, Issue 10
HIC UPDATES:
October 1, 2014: First day of Fall Quarter
October 31, 2014: Halloween
American History Corner
Halloween
Like many other holidays, Halloween has evolved and changed throughout
history. Over 2,000 years ago people called the Celts lived in what is now Ireland,
the UK, and parts of Northern France. November 1 was their New Year's Day. They
believed that the night before the New Year (October 31) was a time when the
living
and
the
dead
came
together.
More than a thousand years ago the Christian church named November 1 All
Saints Day (also called All Hallows.) This was a special holy day to honor the saints
and other people who died for their religion. The night before All Hallows was
called Hallows Eve. Later the name was changed to Halloween.
Historical Dates of Note in
October:
Like the Celts, the Europeans of that time also believed that the spirits of the dead
would visit the earth on Halloween. They worried that evil spirits would cause
problems or hurt them. So on that night people wore costumes that looked like
ghosts or other evil creatures. They thought if they dressed like that, the spirits
would
think
they
were
also
dead
and
not
harm
them.
October 1, 1908 - Henry Ford's
Model T, a "universal car"
designed for the masses, went on
sale for the first time.
The tradition of Halloween was carried to America by the immigrating Europeans.
Some of the traditions changed a little, though. For example, on Halloween in
Europe some people would carry lanterns made from turnips. In America,
pumpkins were more common. So people began putting candles inside them
and using them as lanterns. That is why you see Jack 'o lanterns today.
October 2, 1968 - California's
Redwood National Park was
established.
These days Halloween is not usually considered a religious holiday. It is primarily a
fun day for children. Children dress up in costumes like people did a thousand
years ago. But instead of worrying about evil spirits, they go from house to house.
They knock on doors and say "trick or treat." The owner of each house gives
candy or something special to each trick or treater.
October 12, 1492 - After a 33-day
voyage, Christopher Columbus
made his first landfall in the New
World in the Bahamas.
Brain Games
Sudoku
How to play:
The objective of sudoku is to enter a digit from 1 through 9 in each cell, in such a
way that:
o Each horizontal row contains each digit exactly once.
o Each vertical column contains each digit exactly once.
o Each subgrid or region contains each digit exactly once.
October 14, 1964 - Civil Rights
leader Martin Luther King, Jr.,
became the youngest recipient
of the Nobel Peace Prize.
October 24, 1945 - The United
Nations was founded.
October 31st - Halloween
October 2014
SYMBOLS OF HALLOWEEN
Volume 2, Issue 10
Local October Events:
Oktoberfest
Halloween originated as a celebration connected with evil spirits.
Witches flying on broomsticks with black cats, ghosts, goblins and
skeletons have all evolved as symbols of Halloween. They are popular
trick-or-treat costumes and decorations for greeting cards and
windows. Black is one of the traditional Halloween colors, probably
because Halloween festivals and traditions took place at night. In the
weeks before October 31, Americans decorate windows of houses
and schools with silhouettes of witches and black cats.
Pumpkins are also a symbol of Halloween. The pumpkin is an orangecolored squash, and orange has become the other traditional
Halloween color. Carving pumpkins into jack-o'-lanterns is a
Halloween custom also dating back to Ireland. A legend grew up
about a man named Jack who was so stingy that he was not allowed
into heaven when he died, because he was a miser. He couldn't
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.
The Irish people carved scary faces out of turnips, beets or potatoes
representing "Jack of the Lantern," or jack-o'-lantern. When the Irish
brought their customs to the United States, they carved faces on
pumpkins because in the autumn they were more plentiful than
turnips. Today jack-o'-lanterns in the windows of a house on
Halloween night let costumed children know that there are goodies
waiting if they knock and say "Trick or Treat!
(source: http://www.usconsulate.org.hk/pas/kids/halloween.htm)
September 19, 2014 – October 26, 2014
The Phoenix Club
1340 South Sanderson Avenue
Anaheim, CA 92806
http://www.thephoenixclub.com/oktoberfest/
Join us every Friday (6pm – 12 ), Saturday (4pm
- Midnight) and Sunday (11am - 6pm) from
September 19 through Oktober 26, 2014! We
are located in Anaheim, just north of the
Honda Center where we've been celebrating
Oktoberfest for over 54 years! Enjoy our
delicious German food, German beer on tap,
Polkas, Schuhplattler Dancers in traditional
dress (Saturday and Sundays) and "Prosts" in our
Party Tent and Biergarten with live Ompah Pah
Pah music!
Knotts Scary Farm
The month of October
https://www.knotts.com/knotts-scary-farm/buy-scary-farmtickets
Knott's Scary Farm or Knott's Halloween Haunt is
a seasonal Halloween event at Knott's Berry
Farm in Buena Park, California. It is an event in
which the theme park is transformed into "160
acres of horror", via a series of over 1,000
monsters, 8 mazes and a series of 'scare
zones'. It is the largest Halloween event to be
held at a theme park.
The Orange County Market
Place®
Open Every Saturday and Sunday
7 am to 4 pm at the
OC Fair & Events Center
88 Fair Drive
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
http://ocmarketplace.com/contents/home.aspx
America's most unique swap meet, is a
celebration of food, fun, value and the
entrepreneurial spirit. With some two million
visitors each year, the Orange County Market
Place has grown to become the centerpiece
of the Orange County outdoor shopping
experience.
China's Lost Civilization: The
Mystery of Sanxingdui
October 19, 2014 - March 15, 2015
Bowers Museum
2002 N. Main St.
Santa Ana, CA 92706
http://www.bowers.org/
90th Anaheim Fall Festival and Halloween Parade
Saturday, October 25, 2014
11:00 am to 6:00 pm
The 90th Anaheim Fall Festival and Halloween Parade is a free
family-friendly event offering: Children's and Doggie Costume,
Home and Business Decorating Contests, Pumpkin Patch, Haunted
House, miniature pot-bellied pigs, fine crafts and business vendors,
nonprofits, 'Cool Critters', live entertainment, food, and more. Bring
a can of food for Second Harvest to the MUZEO and receive a
voucher for the MUZEO. Halloween Parade starts at 6 PM. Booth
spaces and sponsorship opportunities available.
Address: 195 Center Street Promenade, Anaheim, CA 92805
http://anaheimhalloweenparade.org/
Opening on October 19, 2014, the Bowers
Museum is proud to present the latest in its
series of exhibits highlighting important
treasures from around the world. China's Lost
Civilization: The Mystery of Sanxingdui will
include objects from the discovery termed "the
ninth wonder of the world" and acknowledged
by many scholars as one of the greatest
archaeological finds ever to be unearthed.
Every Friday
& Saturday Night
ImprovCity
(at Irvine Lanes)
www.improvcityonline.com
Go to
www.DestinationIrvine.com
for more information