LET’S UNMASK HALLOWEEN: The Origins and Legends Behind Your Favorite Traditions
Here come the scary decorations, pumpkin carving, trick- or-treating, and spooky costumes because Halloween is just around the corner! These traditions are what make Halloween fun and exciting year after year. However, did you know that jack-o’-lanterns come from an Irish legend or that trick-or- treating comes from a historical ritual called “souling”? As we prepare for Oct. 31 activities, here are some fun facts you might not know about Halloween! Halloween is based on a Celtic festival. Samhain, a pagan festival held from Oct. 31 to Nov. 1, celebrated both the harvest and the “dark” second half of the year. During this celebration, it was believed the
want to pay, he convinced the devil to turn into a coin so he could buy their drinks. However, instead of paying, he placed the “coin” next to a cross in his pocket that prevented the devil from returning to his original form. Once he freed the devil, Stingy Jack continued to trick him. When he died, God turned away Stingy Jack with only coal to light his way, so he placed the coal in a carved-out turnip to create a lantern. From there, people slowly transformed his “lantern” into the modern-day jack-o’-lantern! Candy corn was once called chicken feed. Candy corn, which the Wunderlee Candy Company began producing in the late 1880s, is an extremely popular Halloween candy. In fact, today, about 35 million
barrier separating the spirits from the physical world would come down, allowing demons to enter and the spirits of all who passed away that year to move on to the next life.
pounds of the candy are sold each year! When the Goelitz Candy Company brought it to the masses at the turn of the century, they called the sweet tricolored candy “Chicken Feed” because so many people worked on farms at the time. Their early ads exclaimed, “Something worth crowing for!”
‘Stingy Jack’ helped evolve jack-o’-lanterns.
The Irish myth of a man named “Stingy Jack” goes like this: Stingy Jack invited the devil for a drink, and because he didn’t
Now you know! Happy Halloween!
Grateful for Georgetown Our 8th Annual Turkey Giveaway Is Approaching!
first year, we gave away approximately 50 turkeys to families in need. By 2022, that number had increased to more than 300 turkeys — helping more than 300 Georgetown families put Thanksgiving dinner on the table. Everyone at the firm loves getting out from behind the desk and meeting our community members in a casual setting. We share dozens of heartwarming moments each year with friends and strangers alike, and there’s nothing quite like the smiles on their faces when they know they can share a Thanksgiving meal with loved ones. Their relief and gratitude mean we get back at least as much as we give. It is a great pleasure to help local families pull off their Thanksgiving feasts. We will be providing at least 300 turkeys to Georgetown residents this November. And we hope the
giveaway will only continue to grow, as it has every year. If you, a family member, a friend, or a neighbor in the Georgetown community needs support this Thanksgiving, please call our office at (843) 995- 5000 by November 1, 2023, to reserve a Thanksgiving turkey. While we work with an organization that connects us with many families each year, we are eager to expand our reach and do not want to see anyone in Georgetown go hungry this holiday. There are enough turkeys to go around. Evans Moore Law does many local events to give back to the community each year, but this is one of the most meaningful. We welcome any opportunity to invest in each other because we’re stronger together. Most of all, we look forward to the opportunity to repay all that we’ve received.
Our community is the reason for our success; the people of Georgetown are our clients, and we wouldn’t have a business without them. But they’re also our friends, family, and neighbors. Since they have given us so much, we want to return whatever we can. That’s why we’re proud to host our 8th annual turkey giveaway on Nov. 21. Evans Moore began the turkey giveaway in 2016 after flooding in October impacted many local families. It was such a big hit that we decided to make it an annual tradition on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. That
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