Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween -

Today is October 31, and it is Halloween is one of my favorite holidays of the year.

Around the world (mostly in North America and Europe), are children from door to door trick-or-treating, and adults for a party or two are always ready. It is a day for all a child, dress up to be in costume, and cut loose. Come to think of it, Halloween is my favorite holiday. So, here is some information about one of the most fun days of the year.

History of Halloween
Halloween has its origins in the ancient Celtic festival Samhain as known. The festival was a time to take stock of supplies and slaughter livestock for winter stores. The ancient Gaels believed that on October 31, resolved the boundary between the living and the dead, and the dead become dangerous for the living by causing problems such as sickness or damaged crops. Costumes and masks were worn at the festivals in an attempt to mimic the evil spirits or placate.

In the seventh century, the Pope designated November 1 as a time to honor saints attempt to replace the Celtic festival with a similar church-sanctioned holiday. The celebration was called All-Hallows or All Saints, and the night before it called All-Hallows Eve. In the year 1000, the church would make November 2 All Souls' Day, a day to honor the dead. It was like Samhain, celebrated with big bonfires, parades, and dress people in costumes as saints, angels and devils. Together these three feasts were called Hallowmas (ie Halloween).

The celebration of Halloween in colonial times was extremely limited. The first celebrations included "play parties," public events held to celebrate the harvest, where neighbors would share stories of the dead, fortune telling, dance and sing. Colonial Halloween festivities also featured the telling of ghost stories and mischief manufacture of all kinds.

In the late 1800s, America was flooded with new immigrants who helped popularize the celebration of Halloween. Americans began to dress up in costumes and for food or money, go to a practice to ask house to house, today has become "trick-or-treat" tradition. Through the 1920s and 1930s, Halloween had become a secular, community-centered holiday, with parades and town-wide parties. In the 1950s, Halloween was a holiday developed the young is primarily aimed. Trick-or-treating was a relatively inexpensive way for an entire community of the Halloween spirit to share. Theoretically could prevent families also played tricks on them by offering the children from the neighborhood with small treats, which is great if you are a child-free candy!

Halloween is a rather mundane event now, though in many parts of the world, especially Mexico, the Day of the Dead tradition of honoring the deceased is still very strong.

celebrate Halloween
With so many ways to celebrate the day, Halloween allows the young to act crazy and act the old crazier. In many parts of the world, the holiday is just catching on. I remember a "Halloween" party in Vienna-each was a vampire, and there was no candy! To ensure optimum celebration, here are ways to make the most of the day:

• Dress Up - Halloween is not Halloween without a costume! Come. In the spirit with a crazy or not-so-crazy costume From typical Dracula to the strange, full-on Winnie the Pooh costume that I saw once, no matter what it is, at least you're getting into the spirit. Even a sheet to cast and it's good a toga call. (Not that I did, or do it again.)
• Bob for apples - What more fun than a face full of water get in trying to grab an apple with the mouth? ! Especially fun after a few drinks! This is usually done as a young teenager, but it's still fun as an adult, especially if you add some "adult" rules
• Tell a ghost story -. Boo! What is the day without a little stage fright? Turn off the light, put the flashlight on their faces and get really creepy. Scary stories and stories are as much a part of Halloween as costumes. I remember once listening to a story in the camp on "Bob" who me for weeks anxiety. I'm still not sure it's fake. It is possible. But I'm not sure
• Carve a pumpkin -. The name jack-o'-lantern can be traced back to the Irish legend of Stingy Jack, a greedy, gambling, hard drinking old farmer. He tricked the devil into climbing a tree and trapped him by carving a cross into the tree trunk. In revenge, the devil placed a curse on Jack, condemning him to the earth at night with the only light forever wander he had: a candle in a hollowed turnip. Make your own jack-o'-lantern, to scare away the spirits. It is one of the most fun Halloween activities! It allows you to be very creative, and some pumpkin designs are really complicated. Added bonus: boiled pumpkin seeds are delicious
• candy apples - As the holiday during the annual apple harvest comes, candy apples are a great Halloween by rolling to treat whole apples in made. a sticky caramel who hate your dentist
• Trick or treat -. is not it better than to door and get candy go door. Everyone decorates their houses and outputs sweets for children (and adults) who ring their bell. What a great community activity! Even if you are too old to go from door to door, as an adult you should still indulge in many sweets. (Candy corn is the best.)

On this day in horror, go and drifted away and have some fun the evil spirits. The day, the religious significance not wear it before, but it is still great to enjoy for a person of any age. When I get child, I loved trick-or-treating, carving pumpkins, eating pumpkins, and many sweets. Now, as an adult, I still love all those things, but now I have to go a great Halloween parties receive.

Happy Halloween!

Share this post