Halloween

Halloween!! Introduction (attention grabber, a basic introduction to topic, thesis statement) Halloween has a very unique history going back thousands of years. Back then there was a group called the Celts. The Celts used Halloween as the day to remember the end of the fall and the beginning of winter, which evolved from the old Celtic holiday of Samhain. Where they would wear costumes to scare off roaming ghosts and would also light bonfires. Then they took these traditions to America in…

Each year, Americans spend over $3.9 billion on candy during Halloween, with each trick-or-treater receiving an average of 250 pieces of sweet treats during the night. Candy wasn't always given out on Halloween, however. Children today may be surprised how trick-or-treating has changed throughout the years. Early Halloween Treats During the Medieval time period through the 1930s, England children would go door-to-door on Halloween offering prayers for the souls of the household in exchange for…

Halloween is the night of October 31, the eve of All Saints' Day, commonly celebrated by children who dress in costume and solicit candy or other treats door-to-door.Halloween is usually celebrated amongst family, friends and, sometimes, co-workers. However, some areas hold large community events. Parties and other events may be planned on October 31 or in the weekends before and after this date. Adults may celebrate by watching horror films, holding costume parties or creating haunted houses or…

Comparisons between Halloween and Dia de los Muertos By: Bryan Garcia Countries have different cultures and celebrations, but they all celebrate unique holidays. There are holidays that celebrate the dead, or celebrate the end of the harvest season. The holidays that represent these celebrations, Halloween and Dia de los Muertos, are similar and different in their own way. The origins of Halloween date back to 500 B.C in the Celtic tribe. The Celts believed that the god of death…

Halloween from a candies point of view is waiting to be chosen by someone from a bowl, and being put in a bag. Some pieces of candy get lucky because they are at the bottom of the bowl, and might not get picked. Other pieces of candy are unlucky, and get chosen, and they get scared being in a bag, and having other candy landing on them. They think they’re safe, but little do they know is the people are going to eat them. The candy start to hear talking, “Jordan what kind of candy did you get…

Different Views on the Same Time Period Both feast days Halloween and All Souls’ Day come from one Celtic habit when it was celebrated the beginning of second part of the year. Since the Celts knew only two seasons, namely the darker half of the year and the brighter half of the year. Under the name of Halloween is this feast recognised in English speaking countries, especially in the USA, Canada and the British Isles whereas All Souls’ Day is celebrated in Christian countries. However, the…

creatures like Dracula, younger viewers probably thought of the bloody slaughter of american teenagers. Although many people loved this new type of horror film, many were against it as well. The movie that caused this change is John Carpenter’s Halloween. Halloween became a very successful film and was able to build a long-running franchise. Their success was the inspiration for films well into the early 2000s. It was also how the characteristics of a slasher film became more defined. First,…

Halloween and Day of the Dead have many things in common and I believe that the two holidays are more similar than different. The two holidays are alike in the ways that in both you have to dress up in costumes, they both have the colors orange and black as the main colors in the holiday celebrations, and that they eat sweets and candy during this holiday. The Day of the Dead and Halloween are similar in the fact that in both holidays people dress up in costumes. In Day or the Dead they dress…

Halloween Party Pooper Is Halloween really worth spending hours upon hours getting ready and walking door to door just for candy? Well, by personal experience, going trick or treating is not worth the outcome by any means. -- I was ten minutes away from finishing my mime makeup before heading over to my friend, Emily, to go trick or treating. As I made the triangular shape around my eye with black eye makeup, my hand shook vigorously due to my nerves. I did not know why I was so nervous, but I…

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