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A few years back if you were invited to a Halloween party it filled you with dread. The thought of having to find a fancy dress shop and then the pressure of having to try and find a suitable costume from their selection or risk driving another 25 miles to find the next store. So you have to decide between taking a costume from those you can see or risking all on the grass being greener elsewhere. Your weekend is gone before you know it.

And the day the party after wasn't much better feeling worse for wear from the night before and having to traipse back to the shop to return the costume. The wait in queue and then hoping that they wouldn't spot the glowing red wine stain that appears to be shouting 'look at me; look at me' incessantly as the assistant is checking it back in. Recognise the scenario?

Nowadays however, the situation has changed dramatically and all for the good. There are masses of costumes available at prices where buying your own is an affordable option. And the whole galaxy of character costumes is available from an ever increasing array of shops and internet sites.

Now there will always remain a faithful few who actually enjoy rummaging through the racks of a fancy dress shop to see what is still available. And long may they remain. Diversity is a good thing and without customers in the high street, our towns, cities and shopping malls would become duller and less interesting places.

Let's look at what the growth of internet shopping means to you when searching for the right fancy dress. The internet is quick and the internet is global. You can hop from site to site comparing ranges and prices. You can buy the costume from one site and the perfect accessories from another - remember it's the accessories that complete any costume.

Internet has no parking fees. From the comfort of your own home, you can undertake a fun journey to find the perfect costume for you or your partner. And it's all delivered direct to your door. Worried about the costume not fitting? Make sure you're using a reputable site as most now offer full money back no quibble guarantees.

Manufacturers have been quick to spot the growth in internet retailing of fancy dress and they have launched some fantastic ranges of costumes and accessories specifically for delivery through the postal system. They've also not been slow in recognising that customers are now becoming (rightfully) more selective and more demanding in both design and quality. Their traditional ranges for the staple markets at Halloween and Christmas have undergone radical change and now there are ranges of Halloween jewellery as well as makeup, weapons, shoes, boots, tights and stockings. Coordinating ranges of fancy dress costume accessories are available for most if not all costume themes.

All of the manufacturers have also been quick to identify that the anonymity offered by internet purchasing broadens the market for couples who want to consider purchasing sexy costumes for role play or fantasy wear. Buying a sexy costume can be nerve wrecking but the availability of good internet based retail outlets can relieve you of any lingering embarrassment.

And, sexy doesn't always have to mean tacky. Costume house designers have created some extremely elegant and sexy fancy dress costumes and more and more manufacturers are creating costumes to emphasis femininity and sexuality rather than slavishly seeking male only appeal through the lowest common denominator.

So take a little free time, fix yourselve a drink, power-up your computer log into your favourite fancy dress internet retailer's site and let's go shopping.

Karnival Costumes stocks a huge selection of fancy dress costumes and accessories for Halloween, go to: http://www.karnival-house.co.uk/acatalog/Halloween.html For costumes based on characters from the movies, including The Matrix and 300 we have a whole section devoted to Movie themes costumes, go to: http://www.karnival-house.co.uk/acatalog/TV_Film_Movie_Fancy_Dress_Costumes.html Feel free to browse our website and purchase your costumes and accessories with confidence from one of the leading costume suppliers in the UK.

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Article submitted by: KV Sinclair. Keith Sinclair has over 35 years of business experience and in addition to being a part time University Lecturer on Business Studies, he is CEO of Cavalcade; a group of companies operating in the party sector. Cavalcade operates Karnival-House; karnival-house.co.uk one of the UK's leading internet Fancy Dress Retailers. With massive stocks for immediate dispatch and an ever expanding range, Karnival-House continues to strive simply to offer outstanding service combined with outstanding value.

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On Halloween, children of all ages don their carefully chosen costumes of ghosts, super heroes, monsters, and everything in between, and head out at sunset to roam the streets, going door to door asking neighbors for candy and other yummy treats. In the beginning, though, Halloween was more than just a fun time for children. Halloween is a very old holiday, dating back to pagan traditions.

Celtic Tradition

Its origins date back to a Celtic festival called Samhain (pronounced Sah-ween or Sow-in). The Celts celebrated the beginning of the new year on November 1st. On the last evening of the year, October 31, they believed that the ghosts of the dead returned to the earth. These ghosts roamed the world, causing damage to crops and performing other mischief, as they searched for living bodies to possess.

Not surprisingly, the living were not keen to have their bodies inhabited by these ghosts, so on that night, they would dress in scary costumes, and parade the town, hoping to frighten the spirits away, and make it to the morning unscathed.

After the Celtics lands were taken by the Romans, Samhain was absorbed with two Roman holidays. Feralia was a day in October to commemorate the passing of the dead. Pomona was a day to celebrate the goddess of fruit and trees. (The symbol of Pomona was an apple, which may explain the adoption of the Halloween tradition of bobbing for apples.)

All Saints and All Souls

In the 7th century, in an attempt to replace substitute Samhain with a Christian holy day, the Catholic Church named November 1 as All Saint's Day, a day to honor saints and martyrs. The church tried again in the 9th century, making November 2 All Souls Day, a day when the living prayed for the souls of the dead. Neither attempt was very successful. Trick-or-treating is said to have developed from the All Souls Day custom of people going village to village begging for "soul cakes" bread made with currants. The more cakes they received, the more prayers they would offer on behalf of the givers dead relatives who were in purgatory. However, some sources say that this tradition had all but disappeared long before the North American tradition of trick-or-treating began.

By the 1500s, All Saint's Day had become All Hallows' Day, and Samhain had begun to be known as All Hallows' Evening, Hallow Evening, and eventually, Halloween. After the Reformation, Halloween celebrations were combined with Guy Fawkes' Day (November 5).

Halloween in North America

In the New World, Halloween was not celebrated. In fact, because of the Puritan tradition, all celebrations were considered immoral and even Christmas was scarcely observed before the 1800s.

Halloween was not a popular festival, but it did increase in popularity with the arrival of two million Irish immigrants fleeing the potato famine. Nonetheless, by the end of the Civil War, in 1865, less than 5% of the United States population (mostly the Catholics and Episcopalians) celebrated Halloween and All Saints' Day. Determined to continue these traditions, the churches started campaigns to popularize the celebration. There is little documentation, however on Halloween prior to the 1900s.

IN 1921, Anoka, Minnesota had the first official citywide Halloween celebration. In 1923, New York joined in and LA in 1925. It was not long before Halloween was a nationwide celebration.

About the Author: Jean Rennick enjoys many of the Halloween traditions, especially the Halloween candy. For more information on Halloween costumes and party planning, head over to http://Halloween.GetCelebrating.com.

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Halloween is a day for your imagination to go wild. You can dress up to be anything you want and you can dress your baby up to match or compliment your look. Baby Halloween costumes are available in so many different styles there are few ideas that haven't been overdone in the past. Some of the most popular baby Halloween costumes this year are included here.

Baby Princess Fiona costumes are cute and can be made to fit Fiona's human side or her Ogre side. The costume includes her beautiful green dress and tiara. Red braids enhance the look. The ogre version can wear the green dress or a white dress and still have the authentic Fiona look.

Baby Shrek costume can also be made in ogre version with green make-up if you want to go all out as well as wearing a pair of Shrek's pants and his leather vest. Prince Shrek also spent a few days as a human so your baby can dress up as Prince Shrek.

Prince Charming and other knights in shining armor are really cute ideas for baby Halloween costumes. Your young man can dress in a small suit and he can carry a shield and sword to protect damsels in distress.

Ballerina is another great costume idea for your baby. Tights and a onesie along with a skirt or tutu can make a homemade costume or you can purchase a baby ballerina Halloween costume for your little one. These are absolutely adorable and they allow for free movement that some costumes don't give babies.

Baby skeleton costumes are cute. These usually are put on black sweats or black one piece outfits that have white bones on the outside of the clothing. Some of these baby costumes have glow in the dark bones so your baby looks like an animated skeleton in the dark.

Baby animals are fun as well. There are a variety of plush costumes that allow your baby to become a unicorn, bear, puppy, turtle, or one of many other baby animals. If you like to keep track of your baby by using a baby leash you can incorporate that into the costume and dress baby up as a puppy.

Baby Halloween costumes are fun and n help your baby join in on the Halloween festivities. You can let your baby choose what costume to wear or surprise your baby with your choice of costume. Dressing the family up as a group is a great idea also. You can dress up as a rock band, a group of tourists, a herd of cattle, or a clan of witches. Whatever choice you make for your baby's Halloween costume have a great time!

Looking for unique infant Halloween costumes? Visit TheGrimCreeper.com to find a wide variety of unique and adorable toddler Halloween costumes and even pet Halloween costumes.

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The internet has opened up many opportunities to have information transferred around the world. One of the more recent developments on the internet has been the proliferation of how to websites trying to sell their programs online. This article will focus on this and particularly on learning how to play guitar sites.

I think the most important part of any guitar learning system is that it is systematic. An online guitar course should be able to replace a teacher and for this reason it needs to put in place a systematic learning program so you can become a complete player.

What to Look for in an Online Guitar Course

There are many ways you can go about learning the guitar. You could try and learn the songs of your favorite band go to a guitar teacher or go online and find an online course. I personally think just going out and learning songs is not the best way to go. The reason for this is that you will not learn systematically. Also you will only learn the techniques used in one genre of music. This can lead to you having a narrow set of skills.

Teaching all the important chords is a very important thing for any guitarist to learn. Chords form the basis of nearly all guitar music. For the beginner learning chords is a critical part of developing a comprehensive skill base. Chords are also relatively easy to learn and for this reason you can build up a reasonable repertoire without to much difficultly. Like I said chords are the building bocks for not only most guitar music, but even non-guitar music is usually based around chords.

So when you are shopping around for an online course take some time to think about the factors that I have briefly gone over here. Also dont forget you are individual and you should look for something that will also suit you as an individual.

Focusing on rhythm is critical because all instruments use rhythm. If you can develop a good sense of rhythm your playing will become more developed. Any course that develops your rhythm is valuable. Rhythm can be difficult to learn so it can be hard to find a course that clearly teaches rhythm. Rhythm is often overlooked when purchasing a lesson course. For this reason I would recommend you look into the way rhythm is taught on any course you are interested in.
Honestly I dont think you need a course that has a lot of songs. You can go to www.harmonycentral.com and you will be able to nearly any well known song on guitar. For this reason it is not necessary to find a course that provides a lot of different Tabs.

Ben Edwards has been playing the guitar for more than 12 years. He has been involved in the music industry for 6 years. He has worked as a session musician recording in some of the worlds best recording studios. Ben has also written and co-producing two full length studio albums, and he has toured internationally and shared the stage with many top international acts.

So if you are going to purchase an online lessons program what should you look for? Like I said there are a lot of good products out there, but there are also some duds. For this reason I will give you some things to look for when deciding what to buy when you are in the market for an online learning product.

I think going to a guitar teacher is a good idea as it is good to have someone who can lead you though the process to become a good guitarist. However constant practice with a teacher can be expensive. For this reason many people are moving towards buying online guitar teaching packages. I personally thing going this route is the way to go. These days there are many affordable and comprehensive packages available online.

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When you are unable to decide on an ideal gift for Christmas for a family member or friend, better settle on a Christmas gift certificate. They are trendy and user-friendly. I gift card is basically a gift certificate that works like a cash card. It is made of plastic with a magnetic strip, which the cashier swipes through the machine.

Virtually anything you can think of is available by gift certificate. This is possible because of a universal system of secure magnetic coding. So, if you know your brother is into electronics, but youre not sure what he needs or wants, a gift certificate to an electronics store is the perfect gift. Clothes are hard to buy for anyone but yourself. If your sisters favorite store is the GAP, give her a gift certificate and let her go crazy. Mom might love coffee and tea or jewelry. Go to your local mall and get a gift certificate that can be used at any store in the mall. Your mom can have coffee and her favorite ring.

Christmas gift certificates are a better option not only for retailers to increase their business but also easy for senders and receivers. Nine times out of ten, it wont be a gift that is packed away or given as a gift to someone else. If you dont use the entire gift amount in one shopping trip, lots of stores will debit the amount spent, and you can bring it back for more purchases. Give the gift thats sure to pleasea Christmas gift certificate.

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These days, it is becoming more and more common to give out Christmas favors- small gifts and trinkets to friends and families that you invite to your Christmas party. They are designed to be a little thank you to your guests for attending.

If you are struggling in the current financial climate, and money is a bit short, then you may consider do-it-yourself Christmas favors. You can make great gifts for your guests at a fraction of the cost of favors being purchased from a store.

The purpose of this article is to give you some ideas of what you can do to make your own Christmas Favors. You could:

• Bake Some Cookies- Baking some cookies for your guests is a great and tasty option for your guests. You could put them in a pretty bag and put some ribbons around them. This can be an extremely cheap option that will make your guests happy. You could bake a variety of flavors such as chocolate chip cookies.
• Paint/ decorate some picture frames- Another option for your do-it-yourself Christmas favors would be to get some cheap picture frames and decorate them yourself in a way that is personalized for all of your guests. For example, you could make floral frames for your female guests and sports-themed frames for your male guests.
• Make a floral arrangement- Another option to consider if you want to make your own Christmas favors is to give your guests floral arrangements. You could buy some cheap flowers and then arrange them in boxes and with ribbons for each of your guests. These types of favors would look great and smell great.

Do-it yourself Christmas favors could be a great option to help save you money if things are tight. However, if you do not have enough time to make your own gifts, you could get online and purchase Christmas favors from an online store. Because an online store has less overhead costs than a bricks and mortar store, they can offer much cheaper costs for your favors.

If you want to give your guests christmas favors, but time is limited, check out the ready made christmas favors available at Favors-n-Gifts.

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Mother's Day has come and gone! I made sure it was a special day for my dearest, even though I couldn't take her to the resort she likes this year. The kids came to visit too, so it was a wonderful day for us all. To celebrate this special holiday for mothers everywhere, I've compiled these little tidbits about this special occasion!

1. There are at least 30 dates for Mother's Day! The one we Americans know is on the second Sunday of May (May 11 this year), which is also the most common date it's celebrated. March 8 is the next most common, which is mostly celebrated in some parts of Asia and Europe. British and Irish people celebrate Mothering Sunday on the fourth Sunday of Lent, which is March 2 this year. Indonesia has theirs on December 22! If you forget the date there, at least you can claim your Christmas present is also for Mother's Day!

2. Mongolia celebrates Mother's Day twice! March 8 marks International Women's Day in this country, which is treated like Mother's Day. June 1 sees Mothers and Children's Day, which is also celebrated! It's the only country which celebrates this occasion twice. The moms there must be quite happy with all the attention!

3. Anna Marie Jarvis is the woman responsible for Mother's Day in America. When her mother died on May 9, 1905, she devoted her time to making Mother's Day a holiday for mothers everywhere. Her mother was an advocate of the holiday, joining campaigns for peace, worker's safety and health, ever since the Civil War ended. It was first celebrated in 1907, with only a few people. In 1908, it was 407 children and their mothers. The holiday became official in 1910, and a proclamation from President Woodrow Wilson came in 1914. By then it had finally turned into the holiday to appreciate mothers, not just for peace.

4. Mothering Sunday is deeply rooted in the church. It was originally a mass held in one's mother church on the fourth Sunday of Lent. Families gathered at such days, and mothers and children were often reunited for one day of the year. Later, it became the day that servants would be allowed to visit their mothers. Today, it is interchangeable with Mother's Day. It was also called Simnel Sunday, Rose Sunday and Refreshment Sunday before, due to certain traditions on the day. Talk about a deep history!

5. Ancient Greeks and Romans also celebrated Mother's Day! Although it wasn't called that specifically, the two peoples celebrated dates related to their gods. Greeks honored Cybele, great mother of the Greek gods, at a date around mid-March. Romans had a holiday called Matronalia, dedicated to Juno. At the same time, mothers got gifts on that day.

Pretty interesting, hm? Mother's Day is a holiday rooted within our society, as appreciation to those hardworking women who gave birth and took care of us. Did you give your mom a present this year? If not, at least give her a call!

Neil Simon enjoys traveling a lot either all by himself or with his wife and his (now) grown-up kids. You can read more of Neil Simon's travel tips at Travel Nooks.