Halloween is October 31st ~ Send customers a card with the following: ”Don’t let (whatever problem you can help with) scare you! We are here for your any time you need us” attached to a small scarecrow, or other Halloween item. Dress up in your favorite costume and take the opportunity to visit some of your customers. Hand out candy with your business card. Have a costume contest with your co-workers or clients. Give away prizes to everyone who participates.Did you know that the sale of masks of presidential candidates have predicted election results in the past 13 years? According to the Spirit Halloween Presidential Index which measures sales of the masks, in 2004, sales were 65 percent to 35 percent for George W. Bush over John Kerry. In 2000, more revelers purchased Bush masks, with Bush sales at 57 percent to 43 percent for Al Gore. In 1996, Bill Clinton masks were snapped up 71 percent to Bob Dole’s 29 percent. And Barack Obama, masks outsold those of John McCain by 54% to 46%.
Vic Fearn and Company – Founder of Crazy Coffins is a 160-year-old English business that makes coffins. That doesn’t sound terribly exciting, but recent customers may make you think twice. They’ve been coming in asking for exotic caskets to be buried in to reflect their passions in life. It started with an odd request from a woman who was a big fan of the Royal Air Force’s acrobatic team the Red Arrows. She wanted to be interred forever in a model of one of their fighters. This is one business that will never die.
Trick or Treat for a Cause on Silent Night – Since 1999, volunteers have “spooked up” more than 1,000,000 pairs of used eyewear on Sight Night! Started by LensCrafters in 1988, Give the Gift of Sight is a family of charitable programs providing free vision care and eyewear to underprivileged individuals in North America and in developing countries around the world. Sponsored by Give the Gift of Sight Foundation and Luxottica Group. In 2007, Trick-or-treat for eyewear on Halloween will benefit Give the Gift of Sight. All the collected eyewear will be cleaned, repaired, and hand-delivered to underprivileged individuals worldwide who cannot otherwise access or afford it.
You can promote your participation in Sight Night – How? Three or four weeks before Halloween, contact your local or community newspaper, radio or TV station to promote your used eyewear collection by asking the community to join in on Sight Night.
Today is also:
Books for Treats Day
National Knock-Knock Jokes Day
A few Halloween Traditions:
In Ireland (considered the origins of Halloween) traditional food eaten on Halloween is barnbrack, a kind of fruitcake that can be bought in stores or baked at home.
In Austria, people leave bread, water and a lighted lamp on the table before retiring on Halloween night. It was once believed that these would welcome the dead souls back to earth on a night that Austrians considered to be magical.
The custom in Belgium on Halloween night is to light candles in memory of dead relatives.
In Czechoslovakia, chairs are placed by the fireside on Halloween night. There is one chair for each living family member and one for each family member’s spirit.
For more Halloween traditions visit the Pumpkin Patch
