Does Halloween make you think of scary witches and creepy ghosts? We don’t really celebrate Halloween in our country, although it has recently become more popular among the trendy families to let their kids go ‘trick or treating’. The kids love it as it gives them an opportunity to dress up. Halloween is on the night of 31 October, the eve of All Saints' Day. It refers to the Celtic festival Samhain. The Celts celebrated this day because it was when those who looked after animals moved them…
than two thousand years to a pre-Christian Celtic festival known as "Samhain". Halloween (October 31st) is the night when everyone dresses up as their greatest fantasy or their worst nightmare and goes door to door saying the world renowned phrase "trick or treat". Everyone wanders the streets collecting candy on this wonderful holiday without knowing the history behind it, or how the holiday even began, but how did Halloween begin? There is plenty of misconception to Halloween. Many people…
A Loss of Candy Last Halloween night, in my neighborhood, I was trick-or-treating. As it was a little after six o'clock, the sun was just setting; it cast a beautiful shade of purple across the sky. All kinds of skeletons, goblins, and other monsters had started to roam about. I had had a specific plan for how I wanted to trick-or-treat. Everything was going smoothly; I was stocking up on candy. I was about to go into the outskirts of my neighborhood and I had almost filled my bag already. That…
Halloween was not always what it is in the world today. It originated from the Pagan religion, and it is now a holiday where kids dress up and go trick-or-treating. The past and the present are quite different in how people celebrate this holiday and what it means to them. This holiday was once strictly a religious holiday for the Celts, however in today’s world it has drastically changed the meaning of the holiday and made it into a holiday where it consists of making money, dressing up and…
It’s that time of year when underaged kids get into costume and travel around the neighborhood ringing doorbells and wanting a lot of treats. When do you think about it, trick or treating is kind of a weird thing. Where did it come from though? I was looking through the web and discovered that the practice began with the Celtic tradition of celebrating the end of the year by dressing up as evil spirits. The Celts believed that, as we moved from one year to the next, the dead and the living would…
Madagascar: Halloween Traditions and Culture Halloween hasn’t always been known as a festive holiday for silly costumes and sweet treats. Two thousand years ago, the first of November signified the beginning of winter for the ancient Celts of Europe. On that day, they celebrated a festival called Samhain during which they “gathered to sacrifice animals, fruits, and vegetables” and “lit bonfires in honor of the dead, to aid them on their journey, and to keep them away from the living” (Santino).…
Their are a few things worse than Shawn and Saidee's life. This is how it goes, he likes her, she likes his bestfriend. Shes popular and hes a nerd, but one day he decides to ask her out and she said yes. Shawn asked Saidee" At halloween we could dress as something matching for our one month anniversary. that sound cool?'' "sure!" Saidee said happily. It was their one month anniversary, and they decided to dress up as superman and superwoman. It was a late night on October 31 Shawn was…
People who in modern society identify as "witches" are people who carry on the tradition of folk magic. It is not a religion or belief system per se; it is a practice and is either highly individualized or built on practices that are handed down in an hereditary lineage. Despite the myth about witches and Halloween, there is not necessarily a de facto connection between the two. However, many but not all, modern witches are also neopagans. Neopagans recognize and celebrate Halloween as…
the do-it-yourself decorations that you can make yourself: Glowing Eyes You can make glowing eyes using glowsticks and toilet paper rolls. You can hide the glowing eyes in trees, bushes and shrubs. The glowing eyes make a nice decoration for the trick or treaters that will be visiting your home. Bloody Handprint Clings You can make bloody handprint clings using red food coloring and Elmer's glue. They will cling to about any surface. You can put the bloody handprint clings in the surrounding…
Halloween may be a sugar-filled bonanza for youngsters – according to the National Retail Federation, Americans spend an eye-popping $2.2 billion on Halloween candy each year – but an inventive brother-and-sister-in-law duo have created a new way to encourage kids to give up some of their candy stash in favor of treats less likely to lead to a painful visit to the dentist’s chair. The Switch Witch, created by Massachusetts ice cream shop owner Rob Bouley and his sister-in-law Lara[?], is an…