Halloween

On the night of 31st Oct you can find Halloween parties in various different parts of the world, specially in the United States, Canada, Britain and Ireland.

More than 2,000 years ago, from what we know of the Celts, it seems part of their religious calendar was a night at the beginning of winter when they believed the spirits of dead people could return to walk the earth, on that night some Celtics tribes lit bonfires to scare away evil spirits, or even disguised themselves as ghosts, witches and other scary creatures so that the real ghosts would not attach. The event survived into the Christian era, and eventually received the name of Halloween and fixed date in the modern calendar—31st October.

One of the most well- known Halloween decorations is a hollow pumpkin, usually with a candle inside, and a mouth and eyes cut into the skin to make a scary looking ‘face’. As for Halloween activities, one of the most traditional is ‘trick or treating’ in which children and teenager (sometimes dressed as ghosts or witches, or in some other Halloween costume) go around knocking on people’ door on the evening of October 31st and asking for small ‘treats’, usually sweets. The people now carry out the pumpkin with candle to scare away the ghost and the children ask for the ‘treat’ maybe means they pretend the ghost to ask for some ‘treat’ then they would not attach or do the trick to the people.

Now the Halloween is a very popular festival in the world, special in the North America.