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By Susan M. Heathfield, About.com Guide to Human Resources

Happy Halloween

Saturday October 31, 2009

Happy Halloween everyone. I haven't seen a trick or treater in twenty years, except at work, since we live too far back off the road for them to walk.

Hmmm, walk? I think most kids are driven around by parents in my area since homes are far apart. Do kids walk anywhere anymore?

I had earlier written about how to celebrate Halloween at work and hope you have bookmarked the page for next year or planned something fun for now. Regardless, you have plenty of opportunities to do something fun and motivating at work this fall and winter for your employees. These ideas for establishing traditions for the fall and winter holidays will help.

Julie Ferguson at HRWebCafe offers several additional ideas for responsibly celebrating Halloween at work including a bank that has two rules: no masks and no toy weapons. Good rules. She also says that a Vault.com study showed that 37 percent of workers say they celebrate Halloween with their coworkers. Julie's post is worth your time.

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Comments
October 31, 2009 at 9:46 pm
(1) Rejane says:

Dear Susan,

Thank you a lot for your articles and tips !

Pax, lux,
Rejane Santos

December 16, 2009 at 7:57 am
(2) sherry william says:

Halloween (also spelled Hallowe’en) is an annual holiday celebrated on October 31. It has roots in the Celtic festival of Samhain and the Christian holy day of All Saints, but is today largely a secular celebration.
Halloween activities include trick-or-treating , wearing costumes and attending costume parties, carving jack-o’-lanterns, ghost tours, bonfires, apple bobbing, visiting haunted attractions, pranks, telling scary stories, and watching horror films. (music)

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