{"id":3249195,"date":"2017-11-24T11:16:11","date_gmt":"2017-11-24T15:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?p=3249195"},"modified":"2017-11-24T11:17:47","modified_gmt":"2017-11-24T15:17:47","slug":"paraphrasing-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/current-shows\/spoken\/prof\/paraphrasing-halloween","title":{"rendered":"ParaPhrasing &#8211; Halloween!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Halloween is the second most commercial holiday <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3248440\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/current-shows\/spoken\/prof\/paraphrasing-meet-prof\/attachment\/paraphrasing-2\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ParaPhrasing.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ParaPhrasing\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ParaPhrasing-800x800.jpg\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3248440\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ParaPhrasing-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ParaPhrasing-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ParaPhrasing-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ParaPhrasing-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ParaPhrasing-800x800.jpg 800w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ParaPhrasing.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>in North America, estimated that Americans spent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/sleasca\/2017\/10\/30\/halloween-spending-halloween-candy\/#5076e74820a1\">$9.1 BILLION<\/a> on candy, costumes, and decorations in 2017. THAT&#8217;s the only terrifying thing about Halloween.<\/p>\n<p>But, how did the holiday become so popular? How did it become associated with ghosts? Where did the holiday even come from?<\/p>\n<p>Listen in while Marvin, Erin and John talk about the history of Halloween and why we all love it so much.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6639\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/ParaPhrasing\/ParaPhrasing%20-%20Ep%2005%20Halloween%202017.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('6639','http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/ParaPhrasing\/ParaPhrasing%20-%20Ep%2005%20Halloween%202017.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/ParaPhrasing\/ParaPhrasing%20-%20Ep%2005%20Halloween%202017.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=3249195-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/ParaPhrasing\/ParaPhrasing%20-%20Ep%2005%20Halloween%202017.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"ParaPhrasing%20-%20Ep%2005%20Halloween%202017.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Halloween originated with the Celtic festival of Samhain where people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off ghosts. How did that evolve into the commercialized holiday we celebrate today?<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6640\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/ParaPhrasing\/ParaPhrasing%20-%20Ep%2005%20Halloween%202017.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('6640','http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/ParaPhrasing\/ParaPhrasing%20-%20Ep%2005%20Halloween%202017.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/ParaPhrasing\/ParaPhrasing%20-%20Ep%2005%20Halloween%202017.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=3249195-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/ParaPhrasing\/ParaPhrasing%20-%20Ep%2005%20Halloween%202017.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"ParaPhrasing%20-%20Ep%2005%20Halloween%202017.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player--><p><a class=\"excerpt-more\" href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/current-shows\/spoken\/prof\/paraphrasing-halloween\">Read more...<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":3249197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[903],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3249195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prof"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Halloween.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3249195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3249195"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3249195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3249200,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3249195\/revisions\/3249200"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3249197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3249195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3249195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3249195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}