Take Me Home, Country Roads.

John Denver (1943 – 1997) was an American folk singer and songwriter. He was one of the world's best-known performers, who earned international acclaim as a songwriter, actor, environmentalist and humanitarian. He recorded about 300 songs and was one of the most popular artists of the 1970s.

Halloween

The origin of Halloween dates back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, Lord of the Dead. The Celtics feared Samhain and in order to please him the Druids made sacrifices to the gods. October 31st marked the end of summer and the beginning of winter, a time of year that was often associated with human death. Celtic people believed that the spirits of all those who had died throughout the preceding year would come back in search of living bodies. They wore costumes during the Samhain festival. The purpose of the costumes was to frighten the spirits. They also put out their best food offerings on the doorstep to please them.
Nowadays Halloween is very popular in different countries. Adults and children dress up as creatures from the underworld (e.g., ghosts, zombies, witches, mummies, skeletons, werewolves and demons.).
A common symbol of Halloween is the Jack-O-Lantern, which is a carved pumpkin with a lit candle inside. It can be traced back to the Irish legend of Stingy Jack.

 Games are often played, such as bobbing for apples, which are placed in a basin of water. Everyone takes turns catching as many as possible using only their mouths. Another common game involves the hands-free eating of an apple hung on a string attached to the ceiling. Small children go from house to house, often in costume, demanding “trick or treat.”






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John Lennon's Birthday

John Winston Ono Lennon, (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English musician, singer and songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as a founder member of the Beatles, the most commercially successful band in the history of popular music. With Paul McCartney, he formed a songwriting partnership that is one of the most celebrated of the 20th century. 

Born and raised in Liverpool, as a teenager Lennon became involved in the skiffle craze; his first band, the Quarrymen, evolved into the Beatles in 1960. When the group disbanded in 1970, Lennon embarked on a solo career that produced the critically acclaimed albums John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and Imagine, and iconic songs such as "Give Peace a Chance" and "Working Class Hero". 

After his marriage to Yoko Ono in 1969, he changed his name to John Ono Lennon. Lennon disengaged himself from the music business in 1975 to raise his infant son Sean, but re-emerged with Ono in 1980 with the new album Double Fantasy. He was murdered three weeks after its release. 

Lennon revealed a rebellious nature and acerbic wit in his music, writing, drawings, on film and in interviews. Controversial through his political and peace activism, he moved to New York City in 1971, where his criticism of the Vietnam War resulted in a lengthy attempt by Richard Nixon's administration to deport him, while some of his songs were adopted as anthems by the anti-war movement and the larger counterculture. (Wikipedia)