Five Things You Need to do Now to be Ready for Halloween

At my house the countdown has begun. Halloween is fast approaching and there is barely time to get all the ghoulish goodies together.

I realize that most people are counting down to Christmas and I completely understand why Halloween might not get the same level of attention. However as of late more and more people are getting into the "spirit" of Halloween's spooky traditions and I for one am happy with the trend. After all you can always start the Christmas Countdown on November first.

So here is a quick checklist of things to do in the next few weeks.

1 - Figure out your costume

2 - Plan your trick or treating route

3 - Find all the local Halloween attractions you want to visit and plot them on your calendar

4 - Pick out the perfect pumpkin for the porch

5 - Buy Candy

Even Disney is getting in tho the spirit with an all new feature at Mickey's Halloween Parade.

The History of Halloween 101 a la National Geographic