Which holiday celebrates harvest around a bonfire, monster carved pumpkins, candy sales that soar to the millions, and costumes that are as unpredictable as the weather? Halloween, of course! Halloween is the second most successful holiday behind Christmas and I don’t have enough paper to explain all of the reasons. Halloween comes in many colors but the ones we always associate it with are orange and black – orange represents the fall harvest and black represents darkness and death (creepy!). Seemingly, the two are twisted into one interestingly spooky season.…
On Halloween night one of the most popular attractions is the carved pumpkin. Also known as Jack-o'-lanterns, pumpkins are a traditional welcome for trick-or-treaters. The pumpkin is an invitation to all trick-or-treaters to stop for a Halloween surprise. Children's eyes light up when they get a glimpse of the one of a kind pumpkins. One should remember that carving a pumpkin takes more patience than skill.…
During every halloween celebration around the world, the most commonly used decoration is the carved pumpkin. There are a number of designs that can be used the most common one being the traditional jack-o'-lantern, which happens to be the easiest design. The use of the carved pumpkin during halloween has made October to be referred to as the 'pumpkin season,' since halloween happens to be in October. There are 5 steps to be taken for this process and they are: 1. Choosing a pumpkin.…
5. Halloween was originally the ‘festival of hallowtide’ or All Hallows or All Saints day. On these days, the dead souls could enter heaven.…
Now this is all according to a “New Life” research on history of Halloween. The other interesting concept which parallels in this way is the samhain was a time of the year “the ghosts of the dead were able to mingle with the living.” They lit bonfires to guide them on their journey and keep them away from those living.…
Halloween is celebrated every year on October 31st. It involves younger children dressing up in costumes of all kinds of things like superheros, monsters, tv characters, athletes, etc. These kids then go to houses in their neighborhoods and get handed all kinds of candy. On Day of the dead everyone celebrates by buying all sorts of items like el mole (spicy chocolate sauce), flowers, bread, sugar skulls, and more. These are placed onto a loved one’s tomb along with their favorite food and drink to welcome their spirit back to earth. People often dress up in costumes and sing songs to add more tradition to the holiday.…
Every year the seasons change. Every year October comes and goes. Beginning with the Celt’s celebrating the end of the year with past spirits, the Romans celebrating the goddess of orchards, Pomona, to the Christians celebrating Saints day, Halloween is a diverse deathly day. All Hallows Eve, The Vigil of Samhain, and Feast of Pomona are the ancient names for the calendar day of October 31st, the day currently known as Halloween throughout most of the world. Whether a person practices religion or not, Halloween exists in some form; furthermore, it may be loved or may be feared either way Halloween has occurred for centuries and it will continue to occur throughout societies around the world.…
Call it Devil's Night, All Hallow's Eve, or even The other halloween known as Walpurgis Night, but that's another tale for a another time. Have you ever noticed, more often than not, several folks pull out all the stops on Halloween. Putting man's best friend out in the back yard or anchored to a tree in the side yard is a good decision. Examine these ideas to keep your mutt from harm during this celebration.…
Halloween is major holiday celebrated on the 31st of October every year in the United Sates of America. Here it is one of the biggest holidays of all, with many citizens participating in different festivities throughout the day. The Day of the Dead, El Dia de los Muertos in Spanish, is a major celebration in Mexico and Latin America that is celebrated every year on the first and/or second of November. For Catholics we know November 1st as All Saints Day and November 2nd as All Souls Day in the United Sates. These two days are Catholic Church holidays, whereas Halloween and The Day of the Dead are not Church holidays; although some parts of El Dia de los Muertos are approved of and even presided over by the Catholic Church. Halloween was brought to the United Sates by…
Next we compare the origins of these holidays. Day of the Dead can be traced back to native cultures in Mexico in the past 2,500 to 3,000 years, who had ceremonies rejoicing the deaths of ancestors. The festival initially transpired in the ninth month of the Aztec calendar and lasted for the whole month. While Halloween is believed to have pagan origins, and is related to the Celtic festival Samhain, when the “door” to the Otherworld was alleged to be open so that the souls of the dead could enter this world.…
It is widely believed that many Halloween traditions originated from Celtic harvest festivals which may have pagan roots, particularly the Gaelic festival Samhain, and that this festival was Christianized as Halloween.…
Halloween is celebrated on the October 31.We celebrated because back in the 1800’s there were immigrants themselves wore starting to can to the United States.Since they are from Ireland and the people started their tradition in the USA.we celebrated by eating great meals and dressing in costumes.…
Halloween is an important holiday that is enjoyed by people in North America and Europe, but few people have an understanding of the origin of the celebration and its plentiful traditions. The expansive history of the holiday persists in many of the festivities.…
A ghosts and s spirit can be defined as a disembodied soul of a deceased person. In a large amount of sightings there is always a story associated to the spirit. That is why Halloween is a time of year that horror stories are frequently shared. The origin of Halloween started with the theme of death. Over 2 000 years ago, the Celts celebrated a holiday they…
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