{"id":30023,"date":"2019-10-22T19:53:13","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T19:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/growingsmiles.co.uk\/?p=30023"},"modified":"2021-04-26T15:21:09","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T14:21:09","slug":"halloween-trick-or-teeth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/growingsmiles.co.uk\/halloween-trick-or-teeth\/","title":{"rendered":"Halloween: Trick or Teeth?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Halloween is widely associated with traditions such as fancy\ndress, carving pumpkins and trick-or-treating \u2013 particularly popular among\nyoung children. But what is Halloween?<\/p>

Halloween is celebrated annually on 31st<\/sup> October,\noriginating from the Celtic festival of Samhain, when people would wear\ncostumes and light bonfires to ward off ghosts. In the eighth century, Pope\nGregory III designated 1st<\/sup> November to honour all Saints \u2013 hence,\nAll Saints Day. This day incorporated some of the traditions of Samhain and so,\nthe evening before (31st<\/sup> October) became known as All Hallows Eve,\nand later Halloween. As time went on, Halloween evolved into a day of festive\ngatherings, fancy dress, trick-or-treating, carving pumpkins and eating sweet\ntreats.<\/p>

Halloween celebrations are increasingly popular in the UK. With more people spending money on fancy dress costumes, Halloween themed parties and house decorations, as well as having a pumpkin carved and lit on display to signal to trick-or-treaters that they are welcome to ring your doorbell. <\/p>

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But what do you offer your little costumed visitors when\nthey stop by your door? How often do they suggest a trick rather than a treat?\nIf anything like our area, not very! We see aisles in the supermarkets at this\ntime of the year with multipacks of jelly sweets and chocolates for\ntrick-or-treaters, but is there anything else that we can offer that may be\nless harmful to their teeth, but equally as well received?<\/p>

Here at Growing Smiles, our focus is on oral health. We\ndon\u2019t want to make you that unpopular house on the street that wards off the\ntrick-or-treaters because you have offered them carrot sticks or apple slices,\nbut at the same time we don\u2019t want to add to the statistics of tooth decay in\nchildren in the UK, so we thought we would provide a list of tooth friendly\nsuggestions to treat your little visitors. \n<\/p>

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Growing Smiles suggestions for tooth friendly Halloween\ntreats:<\/p>