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The Origins of Halloween
October 31, 1300
Illustrated by Jennifer Boatner
Evolving from the ancient Celtic holiday of Samhain, modern Halloween has become less about literal ghosts and ghouls and more about costumes and candy. The Celts used the day to mark the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter, and also believed that this transition between the seasons was a bridge to the world of the dead. Over the millennia the holiday transitioned from a somber pagan ritual to a day of merriment, costumes, parades and sweet treats for children and adults. http://www.history.com/topics/halloween
Illustrated by Jennifer Boatner
Evolving from the ancient Celtic holiday of Samhain, modern Halloween has become less about literal ghosts and ghouls and more about costumes and candy. The Celts used the day to mark the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter, and also believed that this transition between the seasons was a bridge to the world of the dead. Over the millennia the holiday transitioned from a somber pagan ritual to a day of merriment, costumes, parades and sweet treats for children and adults. http://www.history.com/topics/halloween
Death of the Macho Man
May 20, 2011
Randall Mario Poffo (born November 15, 1952), better known by his ring name “Macho Man” Randy Savage, is a former American professional wrestler and actor who is perhaps best known for his time with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). He also had a short run with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). Savage held twenty championships during his professional wrestling career and is a ten-time world champion – one-time WWF Intercontinental Champion and USWA Unified World Heavyweight Champion, two-time WWF World champion, three-time ICW World Heavyweight Champion and four-time WCW World champion.
WWE has named Savage the greatest champion of all time and credited him for bringing “a higher level of credibility to the title through his amazing in-ring performances.” Aside from winning championships, Savage is the 1987 WWF King of the Ring and the 1995 WCW World War 3 winner. For much of his tenures in the WWF and WCW, he was managed by his real life wife, “Miss Elizabeth” Hulette. Savage was recognizable by wrestling fans for his distinctively deep and raspy voice, his ring attire intensity exhibited in and out of the ring and his signature catch phrase “Ooh yeah!.” WWE has said of Savage, “There has never been a Superstar more colorful than ‘Macho Man’ Randy Savage.”
Randall Mario Poffo (born November 15, 1952), better known by his ring name “Macho Man” Randy Savage, is a former American professional wrestler and actor who is perhaps best known for his time with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). He also had a short run with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). Savage held twenty championships during his professional wrestling career and is a ten-time world champion – one-time WWF Intercontinental Champion and USWA Unified World Heavyweight Champion, two-time WWF World champion, three-time ICW World Heavyweight Champion and four-time WCW World champion.
WWE has named Savage the greatest champion of all time and credited him for bringing “a higher level of credibility to the title through his amazing in-ring performances.” Aside from winning championships, Savage is the 1987 WWF King of the Ring and the 1995 WCW World War 3 winner. For much of his tenures in the WWF and WCW, he was managed by his real life wife, “Miss Elizabeth” Hulette. Savage was recognizable by wrestling fans for his distinctively deep and raspy voice, his ring attire intensity exhibited in and out of the ring and his signature catch phrase “Ooh yeah!.” WWE has said of Savage, “There has never been a Superstar more colorful than ‘Macho Man’ Randy Savage.”