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National Themes For October 31: National Caramel Apple Day, National Knock-Knock Jokes Day, Girl Scout Founder’s Day, and Halloween.

🍎National Caramel Apple Day celebrates a time-honored fall treat. Whether it was at a fair, carnival or Halloween party, it was a special treat. Caramel apples go by many names, taffy apples or even candy apples. They’re made by skewering apples on a stick and then dipping them in hot caramel. We make them extra delicious by rolling them in nuts, chocolate or other candies. Sheet caramel allows for high production candy apples. The sheets of caramel are wrapped around the apples and then heated to melt the caramel evenly. The best caramel apples are made with tart crisp apples, such as Granny Smith or Fuji apples. Since apples come into season during the fall, Halloween is the ideal time of year to enjoy caramel apples. Add caramel to just about any apple recipe for a bit of caramel apple flavor. It also complements savory dishes, such as pork.

🤣National Knock Knock Joke Day encourages telling a few funny knock knock jokes. A little history of the Knock Knock Joke: 1929: The game of Buff: A child with a stick thumps it on the ground using the following dialogue: Knock Knock Who’s There: Buff What says, Buff: Buff says Buff to all his men, and I say Buff to you again. 1934: The standard knock-knock joke format was used in a newspaper humor column: Knock Knock, Who’s There? Rufus, Rufus Who? Rufus the most important part of your house. 1936: Likely the beginning of popularity for knock-knock jokes. Knock-knock jokes became a regular part of the Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-in Show in the late 1960s and early 1970s. At a very young age, children often learn to tell knock-knock jokes as one of their first types of jokes. They also like making up knock-knock jokes to tell their family and friends. What’s your favorite knock-knock joke?

👩Girl Scout Founder’s Day recognizes the founders and all the great things Scouting has done for girls since its inception. It commemorates the birth of the founder, Juliet Gordon Low. The day is special for all girls. It is a time to think about who we would like to be, let our imaginations run wild and turn those dreams into a reality. We can genuinely transform ourselves into something different—something more significant, bolder, and more daring than we ever thought possible. Girl Scouting in the United States of America began on March 12, 1912, when Juliette Gordon Low organized the first Girl Scout troop meeting. At the first troop meeting in Savannah, Georgia, there were 18 girls present. For these girls, Juliette Gordon Low organized enrichment programs, service projects, and outdoor activities and adventures. Since the time of the first meeting, Girl Scouts has grown to over 3.7 million members. The organization’s original name was the Girl Guides of America. By 1920 there were close to 70,000 members. By 1930 there were over 200,000 members. In 2005 there were over 3.7 million members. Motto – “Be Prepared”. Slogan – “Do a Good Turn Daily” “. Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place". Juliette Gordon Low, also known as Daisy, who was born on October 31, 1860, was the founder of Girl Scouts of the USA, along with the help of Sir Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of the Scouting Movement. In 1912, Low formed a Girl Guide troop in Savannah, Georgia, and in 1915, the Girl Guides became the Girl Scouts with Low becoming the first president. She remained active with the Girl Scouts until the time of her death in 1927.  Low’s birthday, October 31, is celebrated by the Girl Scouts as “Founder’s Day.”

🎃👻Halloween! The observance dates back to an ancient pagan harvest festival marking the end of summer and beckoning the beginning of winter. Seasons overlapped during Samhain (pronounced sah-win), and revelers believed the worlds of the living and the dead crossed. To interact with the spirits, the living would wear costumes and light, bright bonfires to help protect them. Similar celebrations honoring the dead took place in Roman traditions, which were gradually blended and soon replaced the Celtic ceremonies. However, All Martyrs Day established by Pope Boniface IV in 609 A.D. was eventually moved by Pope Gregory III to November 1. Later, it became known as All Saint’s Day. The eve of this celebration became known as All Hallows Eve or Halloween. Through the Colonial era in America, Halloween celebrations were considered taboo due to religious beliefs. By the Victorian era, though, Haloween traditions featured fall festivals, parties, and foods involving communities and neighborhoods.

Happy Halloween!🎃👻

Val, glad you made it home safe and please keep your weather😝 I'm not ready for it to be that cold yet or rather not at all. No fight for me on the candy corn, I don't care for it.

Warm hugs!🐶💕☁️🌻