Happy Halloween Second Lifers!- Orchids Reporting…

Halloween  or the "All Hallows' Evening" is near!  And so is 
the time for making jack-o'-lanterns and dressing up for Halloween parties, but do you know the real story behind this holiday?
This is an old Irish myth about a man "Stingy Jack." Stingy Jack once invites the Devil to have a drink with him and tricks the devil to turn himself into a coin. Jack puts the coin into his pocket with a silver cross. The devil could not change back into his original form till he promised Jack  that he would not bother him for one year and if should Jack die, he would not claim his soul.
Come next year, Jack again tricks the devil into climbing into a tree to pick fruit and carves a sign of the cross into the tree's bark so the devil could not come down until  he promised Jack not to bother him for ten more years.

Soon after, Jack dies. God would not allow such a cheat into heaven. The devil, being upset with Jack and keeping his word not to claim his soul, wouldn’t allow Jack into hell. He sends Jack off into the dark night with only a burning coal to light his way. Jack put the coal into a carved-out turnip and as the legend goes, roams the Earth with ever since. This ghostly figure came to be known as "Jack of the Lantern," and then, simply "Jack O'Lantern."
In Ireland and Scotland, people carved scary faces into turnips or potatoes. In England, large beets were used. Immigrants from these countries brought the Jack o' Lantern tradition with them when they came to the United States. They soon found that pumpkins, a fruit native to America, make perfect jack-o'-lanterns.

There are many ways to celebrate the ghostly spirit of Halloween in SL ! Here are a few ways..

      Explore!

Utherwurldly Entertainment Studios

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Royal%20Agaric/48/121/1001

Presents a Haunted Sim Featuring

·         Children of the Candy Corn Sim Wide Hunt

·         Haunted Hay Ride

·         Pirate Caverns

·         Chapel of Lost Spirits

·         Cursed Village

·         .... and much much more!

 The Utherwurldly family invites you in to explore the sim and take advantage of the various areas to take photos, and interactive games as well.  You can also join our in world group and find out when new things are added, special events are being hosted as well as our plans for the future!

     Hunt !

If you love Halloween, then you are going to be one HAPPY camper! A plethora of Halloween themed hunts are underway. A whole big bunch of grid wide hunts are in full swing, and more and more sim wide and store wide Halloween hunts are popping up daily.

Grid Wide Hunts

1. A Kinky Halloween 2 Oct 1 – Oct 31
2. Black Cat Store Wide Hunt Oct 1 – Oct 31
3. Bobbing For Heads Hunt Sep 27 – Oct 27
4. Boo! Bunny Hunt 2 Oct 15 – Oct 31
5. Burn Your Binkies Oct 15 – Nov 15
6. Cirque Du Freak Hunt Sep 30 – Oct 31
7. Costume Party Hunt Oct 1 – Oct 31
8. Dark Dimension Oct 6 – Nov 10
9. Don’t Be Blind: Hunt For The Cure Oct 1 – Nov 1
10. Falling Into Autumn Sep 22 – Oct 21
11. Going to the Farm Hunt Oct 1 – Oct 21
12. Gorean Grid Wide Hunt: Tribal Oct 5 – Oct 31
13. Happy Halloween Full Perms Hunt Oct 1 – Oct 31
14. Hunt Spooktacular Oct 7 – Oct 31
15. Leather or Lace Hunt 2 Oct 7 – Oct 28
16. Lost In Space Hunt Sep 21 – Oct 21
17. Mass Hysteria Oct 3 – Oct 31
18. Mating Call Hunt Sep 30 – Oct 21
19. Modern Horror Hunt Oct 1 – Nov 1
20. Panda Love Hunt Oct 10 – Oct 31
21. Pin Up Hunt Oct 5 – Oct 20
22. Revenge Of The Toys Oct 1 – Oct 31
23. Scary Halloween Hunt Oct 1 – Nov 10
24. Science Fiction Hunt Oct 1 – Nov 1
25. SL’s Top Haunted Places Oct 1 – Oct 31
26. Sleepy Hollow Hunt Oct 1 – Oct 31
27. Tabletop Hunt Oct 1 – Oct 31
28. Tinies Halloween Hunt Oct 15 – Oct 31
29. Trick or Treat Hunt 2013 Oct 13 – Nov 1
30. Tricks for Treats Hunt Oct 15 – Oct 31
31. Two of a Kind Hunt Oct 1 – Oct 31
32. Vampire Diaries: Love Sucks Oct 15 – Nov 30
33. Vintage in Venice Hunt Sep 23 – Oct 23
34. You’ve Been Tangoed Halloween Hunt Oct 14 – Nov 3

Sim & Store Hunts

• Aileen’s Cabin Hunt: October Oct 1 – Oct 31
• Bliss Couture Closing Hunt Ongoing
• Bloody Halloween Hunt Oct 15 – Nov 1
• Boo! Bunny Candy Corn Mini Hunt Oct 15 – Oct 31
• Botanica’s Haunted Corn Maze Hunt Sep 15 – Nov 2
• Builders Brewery Graveyard Oct 12 – Oct 31
• Carrie’s Halloween Hunt Oct 1 – Oct 31
• Cherry Hill Mines: Haunted Adventure Oct 15 – Nov 1
• Cosmopolitan 1st Anniversary Hunt Oct 13 – Oct 27
• Death In The Desert Oct 1 – Oct 31
• Escapade’s & Stitches Fall/Halloween Hunt Oct 1 – Nov 30
• Filth N Pretty Halloween Trick Or Treat Oct 9 – Oct 31
• Hallows Eve Hunt Oct 8 – Oct 31
• Happy Halloween Maze Hunt Oct 1 – Oct 31
• Hauntingly Cute Hunt Oct 15 – Nov 15
• Haunts of Antiquity III Oct 14 – Nov 1
• Hidden Halloween Treats Oct 1 – Oct 31
• Immortal Hearts Halloween Hunt Oct 9 – Nov 1
• Immortals Haunted House Of Torment Oct 13 – Nov 3
• Keresma Halloween Hunt Oct 11 – Nov 1
• Lusty’s Haunted House Hunt Oct 17 – Oct 31
• MC Fashion Halloween Hunt Sep 21 – Oct 31
• Me’LanGe Pumpkim Mystery Hunt Sep 20 – Oct 31
• Miyagawacho Hanamachi Autumn Hunt Oct 13 – Dec 1
• Moonstar Harvest Moon Hunt Sep 5 – Oct 31
• Palm Bay Halloween Hunt Oct 1 – Oct 31
• Pirate Treasure Hunt Sep 21 – Oct 23
• Potpourri Designs: Halloween Hunt Oct 15 – Oct 31
• RMK Gothic Halloween Oct 15 – Oct 31
• Serenity Heaven Halloween Hunt! Oct 14 – Oct 31
• Sin City Heart Hunt Oct 12 – Dec 31
• Skull Hunt Oct 1 – Oct 31
• Store-Wide Ghost Hunt Oct 1 – Oct 31
• The Nest’s Halloween Hunt Oct 6 – Oct 19
• The Station: Grand Opening Hunt Oct 15 – Nov 15
• Trick Or Treat, Hide -N- Seek Hunt Oct 1 – Oct 31
• Witch Project Hunt Oct 1 – Oct 31
• Zuri Jewelry Hunt Oct 1 – Nov 7

Happy Hunting!

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3     Shop!

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4.     Party!

Theme will be Halloween, aka Trick or Treat.  Relive your childhood by dressing up in your favorite Trick or Treat outfit.  Let your imagination run wild, or come as whatever makes Halloween special for you.  In our specially themed set design, we have L$1000 split prize pot up for grabs, as well some great sploder payouts; throughout the night.

Monday 28th October 2013

12 noon to 2pm

Roissy Residential (http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Roissy%20Residential/234/139/44)

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Roissy%20Residential/234/139/44

DJ Sugar will be playing the spooky tunes

Hostess Tia will be there to keep her in line

5.    Contest!

Gems Graphics N' Goodies Halloween Photo Contest

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Horse/207/18/24

GRAND PRIZE --- $500L

2ND PLACE --- $100L

3RD PLACE --- $50L

Photo Contest Rules

Contest will be open from now until 12:01 AM SLT, Sunday, October 27th.

Dress in your best Halloween costume.

Sit on the couch with Ernie the skeleton.

Take a photo of you (and a friend if possible) with Ernie the skeleton.

The photo may have from one to ten people in it.

Send a copy of the photo to Gems Fall.

Done!

Winning photos will be announced on Halloween Day, October 31st, 2013 at 12:01 AM SLT.

Winning Photos will be put out on display in front of the store Gems Graphics and Goodies.

Winning Photos will be on display at the store for one week after the winner is announced.

GOOD LUCK AND HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

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6.    Spookhouse!

Wonder if the ride or your’s truly is creepier ;)

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Orchids says:

·         What will it be? Trick or treat?

·         Safe and Creepy Halloween wishes from SLE!