Halloween

Have you ever thought about this? Have you ever asked yourself, “Who in the world ever thought of the idea of walking around in weird costumes, trick-or-treating, and/or putting a carved-out pumpkin in your window?”

Halloween is really one of the strangest days in the year. Because Halloween is the day to honor the dead. People really believed that on this day they were surrounded by strange spirits, ghosts, witches, fairies, and elves, which came out to hurt them.

Halloween is a holiday celebrated by people. It has origins the ancient Celtic festival known as Samhain. The term Halloween, originally spelled Halloween, is shortened from All Hallows’ Eve. It is the eve of All Hallows Day which is now also known as All Saints Day.

To commemorate the event, Druids built huge sacred bonfires, where the people gathered to burn crops and animals as sacrifices to the Celtic deities. And people wear huge costumes to celebrate it. Today, dressing in costume is also a very popular way to celebrate the spooky holiday.

The custom of trick-or-treating and the use of jack-o-lanterns come from Ireland. The story behind this is hundreds of years ago, there was an Irish farmers went from house to house, begging for food, in the name of their ancient gods, to be used at the village Halloween celebration. They would promise good luck to those who will gave food to them, and made threats to those who refused to give. They simply told the people, you treat me, or else I will trick you.

Many people now believe this kind of events all over the world. It is also part of there celebrating dead people’s soul. Mostly, children always join this kind of celebration. They really love to wear huge and scary costumes.