Halloween Informative Speech
Halloween is celebrated on October 31. On this day, Americans wear special costumes to celebrate and partake in festivities. It is celebrated by the young and old without generation gaps. As seen from this general image of Halloween, it is very easy to tell that Halloween is loved here in USA.
In the USA, Halloween was a lot of fun and exciting, and Americans looked well-prepared for it far in advance. However, it was not as huge as what I expected before I came here because (1) Halloween is a general and causal holiday in the USA, (2) Americans seemed to be familiar with it because they have enjoyed the day since they were children and they did not focus on the day and (3) it has more hype than what I was expecting to experience.
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Many people dress up or wear Halloween costumes, and little children go to trick-or-treating at their neighbors’ houses, but its origins are not as well-known. According to a website by the Halloween Industry Association (HIA) which is located in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, “Halloween has been around for some time, and origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, so it is said that Ireland is where it all began. The Celts celebrated their new year on November 1, which marked for them the end of summer and the harvest and the beginning of the long hard winter ahead. Back then, winter was often associated with both plant and human death. Celts believed that on the night before the new year, the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became hazy, so on the night of October 31 they celebrated Samhain, when it was believed that the ghosts of the dead returned to earth.” In addition, HIS continued that “now in modern-day Ireland, where Halloween originated, they celebrate much like we do in the United …show more content…
The party was hosted by Centre Japanese Club which I belong to. There were eight attendees, three Japanese students including me from Yamaguchi Prefectural University (YPU) and five American students. The purpose of the party was to introduce and let Japanese students experience American Halloween. The party was held at a normal classroom on campus, and there was no special decoration in the classroom. Instead, the light was turned off and what I found Halloween-related things were words of “Happy Halloween” and a symbol of Halloween, Jack-o'-Lantern on the front screen and many candies and chocolates distributed to attendees of the party. Additionally, the party had a dress code; all attendees were required to dress up for the party. Three Japanese students did not bring any Halloween costumes from Japan, so we somehow tried small makeup or wore a wig. In this situation, I was looking forward to seeing how American attendees dressed up. In fact, three out of five dressed up but their dress up looked so ordinary, easy, and simple. There was a slide presentation about American Halloween, and it showed that elaborate and sophisticated decoration and dress up which were prototypical of an American Halloween. We saw houses around campus and some dorm rooms that were decorated for Halloween; Americans looked well-prepared and well-organized for it a few weeks in advance but I
In the USA, Halloween was a lot of fun and exciting, and Americans looked well-prepared for it far in advance. However, it was not as huge as what I expected before I came here because (1) Halloween is a general and causal holiday in the USA, (2) Americans seemed to be familiar with it because they have enjoyed the day since they were children and they did not focus on the day and (3) it has more hype than what I was expecting to experience.
The purpose …show more content…
Many people dress up or wear Halloween costumes, and little children go to trick-or-treating at their neighbors’ houses, but its origins are not as well-known. According to a website by the Halloween Industry Association (HIA) which is located in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, “Halloween has been around for some time, and origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, so it is said that Ireland is where it all began. The Celts celebrated their new year on November 1, which marked for them the end of summer and the harvest and the beginning of the long hard winter ahead. Back then, winter was often associated with both plant and human death. Celts believed that on the night before the new year, the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became hazy, so on the night of October 31 they celebrated Samhain, when it was believed that the ghosts of the dead returned to earth.” In addition, HIS continued that “now in modern-day Ireland, where Halloween originated, they celebrate much like we do in the United …show more content…
The party was hosted by Centre Japanese Club which I belong to. There were eight attendees, three Japanese students including me from Yamaguchi Prefectural University (YPU) and five American students. The purpose of the party was to introduce and let Japanese students experience American Halloween. The party was held at a normal classroom on campus, and there was no special decoration in the classroom. Instead, the light was turned off and what I found Halloween-related things were words of “Happy Halloween” and a symbol of Halloween, Jack-o'-Lantern on the front screen and many candies and chocolates distributed to attendees of the party. Additionally, the party had a dress code; all attendees were required to dress up for the party. Three Japanese students did not bring any Halloween costumes from Japan, so we somehow tried small makeup or wore a wig. In this situation, I was looking forward to seeing how American attendees dressed up. In fact, three out of five dressed up but their dress up looked so ordinary, easy, and simple. There was a slide presentation about American Halloween, and it showed that elaborate and sophisticated decoration and dress up which were prototypical of an American Halloween. We saw houses around campus and some dorm rooms that were decorated for Halloween; Americans looked well-prepared and well-organized for it a few weeks in advance but I