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    The Chilly Halloween Every year of during the Halloween season it would always be mysterious weather. It seemed like every year would be different with weather, the year before this Halloween was extremely hot, but this year was quite opposite. The weather outside wasn’t really that intense, but the wind was a whole other story. The wind was blowing so fast with such cold gusts that everyone had to wear winter jackets or sweatshirts over their costumes. It was a very treacherous night out there…

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    When people think of Halloween, some view as a holiday of fun. Its purpose in the United States is viewed as a holiday for children and adults alike, since children get free candy from trick or treating, while adults go out partying while dressed in costumes. However, Halloween’s actual purpose was more of a holiday or festival in the Celtic religion called Samhain, the holiday was to mark the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter. As time passed, Halloween went from festivals…

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    Halloween is a tradition that goes back to an old Celtic festival called Samuin, which is the practice of wearing costumes in celebration of the end of the year as they celebrated a new year on November first. During Samuin people dressed up to impersonate the evil spirits. The Celtics believed that the end of the year which is October 31st, the living and dead world would overlap. This resulted in the dead having access to roam earth again. So by people dressing up in costumes they were trying…

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    While Halloween might have once had its basis in religion, it's now a time where people dress up to scare each other. Children dress up in costumes and trick-or-treat around their neighborhood. Adults and teenagers might visit Halloween attractions like haunted houses, Halloween parades and haunted hayrides. In most cases, the attractions start around the beginning of October. Haunted Trails A haunted trail usually happens in the forest or woods. It can also happen in an empty theme park. The…

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    Halloween movies are a perfect way to spend some quality time with the whole family and get them in a spook-tacular mood. With the right creepy snacks and maybe a Halloween trick here and there, a movie premiere of Halloween classics is sure to get everyone feeling the shivers down their backs. For your holiday movie marathon needs, we have compiled a list of six classic thrillers and spooky films that everyone will enjoy!What better way to kick off the Halloween movie marathon than with this…

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    Halloween is the previous evening before the holy days of all Hallows, it is also refers to as All Saints celebration. There has been controversies regarding to this event where some people link it to occult. Christians used to celebrate it but they have been cautioned from it as people believe that it is evil. There are so many religious groups in the world and it requires one to be keen on which religion they will be attached to. In this paper I will discuss about how the Halloween has become…

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    Day of the Dead and Halloween are both very similar but different holidays. Although, based on most of the information and background knowledge I know about both holidays I believe they are more different than similar. I believe the holidays are more different than similar because they express two completely different reasons for being celebrated. The first topic that shares either a similarity and difference for both holidays is the variety and types of food that are being offered and handed…

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    Although, some people can’t celebrate Halloween, I love to celebrate Halloween. Halloween is the only time you can dress up and go have fun and go trick-or-treating. On Halloween people give you candy, you can dress up, and have fun with your family. On Halloween you also get a lot of candy. I think Halloween should be celebrated. First, some people can’t celebrate Halloween. Sometimes kids don’t get to go out at night. If kids can’t go out at night to get candy they could get candy from…

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    Christmas is a Halloween or Christmas movie? I think this movie is a Halloween movie. This essay with persuade the reader that The Nightmare Before Christmas is a Halloween movie because most characters are Halloween based, the main setting is in Halloweentown, and Christmas gets ruined. First, I will discuss how majority of the characters are Halloween. The main characters are Halloween based, along with the protagonist, and the antagonist. They are all like ghosts, pumpkins, and other…

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    the ball the same, it'll end up going about the same place. And then that repeats itself, so it almost seems like there must be some rules that govern that behavior. As my adventure drew to a close, I thought, how appropriate that it should end on Halloween? After all, this is the day when people like to suspend their beliefs in the physical laws that govern our world. Spirits awaken from the dead. Ghosts pass through solid walls, levitate objects, and defy the very rules that bind us as mere…

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