Halloween Cats - Are They Really A Myth

Halloween is a great time to be someone else. Its a time to have fun watching the kids go trick or treating, or to dance at costume parties. What may not be known is that the Halloween cat have more to do with this holiday than cursing you while it crosses your path.

These days Halloween cats are everywhere. There are plenty of Halloween cat graphics to put up as wallpaper or screensavers on your computer and to stick on the glass panes of your windows. Halloween cat costumes for you and also Halloween cat costumes for your cat.

The first idea that comes to mind when "Halloween cats" is mentioned are the wiry black cats with golden yellow eyes, screeching and hissing as it slinks past you. However, the biggest thing for cats since tuna fish, has hit the market and its cat costumes

Have you ever seen a cat dressed up like a pumpkin? You can see this and many more extremely funny pictures of cats dressed up at this wonderful site:

If you like what you see there with the feline faux pas (faux paw), then a multitude of choices exist to buy costumes for your Halloween cat. Here is a great site that you and your kitty can enjoy together and pick out the perfect costume.

You may not have your own Halloween cat but still want to dress up the house. Then you might want to look into ways to spruce up your haunted house with Halloween cat crafts. Here is a unique way to use acorn squash and create your own army of little black cats.

While making these crafts with your children or dressing up your kitty you might want to share a few facts about Halloween cats or, better known as black cats.

Many years ago in England, a black cat crossing your path was considered good luck. In Finland, it was thought that the black cat would carry the soul of the dead to the other world. In Germany is was thought that if a black cat jumped on the bed of a sick person that it meant death was near.

Black cats have had a bad rap for hundreds of years but by the look of how cats are being viewed these days and the massive amounts of costumes out there to dress up your Halloween cat, it would seem that Halloween is now the cat s meow.