With a brisk chill in the air, leaves changing, and fall decor everywhere you look, you know fall is here! Breaking out sweaters, pumpkin spice lattes, and apple cider candles, it is time for the fall festivities everyone awaits. Picking your own apples to make an extravagant apple pie is top on the list followed by picking the right plump pumpkin to carve and paint. Scares from the local haunted house and the smell of fresh hay are something exciting to do as well. There is much to do before the cold winter strikes, what you choose to do this fall is ultimately up to you!  

All About Apples… and Pie! 

Our favorite crisp apples come in the colors of autumn: some red, some yellow, some in deep green. Sweet apple cider was one of the first inventions apples were associated with. Now, during the fall season, apples are used for events such as apple picking and delicious baked goods. Across the world, there are 7,500 varieties of apples and in America alone there are 2,500 varieties of apples grown throughout the United States. Apples are very popular when autumn comes around. Picking apples to make scrumptious pie, yummy cider, or even to sneak a few bites in the orchard are all wonderful ways to get into the fall spirit. After all, an apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice!

Fall brings many exciting things. Some enjoy running around a pumpkin patch searching for a plump orange pumpkin. Others enjoy tuning into Freeform’s 31 nights of Halloween with a warm pumpkin spice latte in their hands. Many people enjoy carving silly faces or painting scary ghosts on pumpkins to get into the Halloween spirit! There are many roles pumpkins play in autumn. While all very different, pumpkin will find its way into your breezy autumn through the smell of a candle, pie, or the steam coming off a tasty drink.  

Haunted Halloween History!

Halloween is a symbol for carrying around as much candy as you can, sprinting from door to door to grab more handfuls. However, this wasn’t always the case. The tradition of giving out candy to trick or treaters starts in the 1930’s. Then, children dressed in costumes received pieces of cake, fruit and sometimes coins. Once candy manufactures needed to get advertisements out for their candy, Halloween was the best choice. It was affordable and reasonable to give to the large amounts of children who ring the doorbell every minute. Today, candy has been changed to fit into the Halloween spirit. With Reese’s shaping their candy into pumpkins to Hershey’s Chocolate making designs on their chocolate of ghosts or goblins. With Halloween just around the corner, head over to Olivia Post’s Halloween Costumes article for fun ideas!