My family has always had some entertaining holiday traditions, and Halloween is no exception. Growing up, my siblings and I would always be very excited for the chill in the air that signaled the start of autumn, because we knew that the family traditions would soon commence. A couple of weeks before Halloween, my family would decorate the house and front yard with spooky decorations. We would then venture out to our favorite pumpkin patch to pick out a large orange jack-o-lantern that would later be carved into a different design than the year before. During the duration of all of this, my brother and sister would formulate their plan for the annual Halloween party that they always held with their friends. This party was one of the most fun things we would do during this time of year, because the fun games and the large group of people that would come to our house always kept us highly entertained. Another tradition my family has for this time of year is watching a Halloween-themed movie. One of my favorite movies …show more content…
From carving pumpkins to throwing a party to baking cookies and trick-or-treating, there was always something to keep me highly entertained. Over the years, the traditions have managed to stay the same, although our family continues to grow and change a little more over time. I hope to someday pass down the beloved Halloween traditions of the Day family to my children. Hopefully they will enjoy these memorable experiences as much as I did. I know that Halloween would not have ever felt the same if it were not for my parents and siblings teaching me the traditions we have long carried out, and I am ever so grateful to have experienced them. For all we know, these traditions being passed down could have another few new traditions added to the list of currently existing ones. The possibilities of Halloween are endless. After all, it is a holiday based on the imagination of the
Today I will be talking about the holiday we call Halloween. Halloween is where we all dress up in costumes and get candy from houses on the thirty first of October. Here are three things about halloween. First, I am going to be talking the history of halloween.
To better understand the history of the two holidays, we should look at where it all first began. An ancient Celtic festival of Samhain about 2,000 years ago was when Halloween was first created. This celebration took place on October 31st and it marked the end of summer, the harvest and the beginning of winter. During this time, winter resembled a cold and dark time which was often
Dia de los Muertos and Halloween can often be confused because they are celebrated within very close dates, but in reality they have distinct characteristics. Dia de los Muertos was originally introduced in Mexico with the Aztec Festival of the Dead, but the traditions have been tweaked over the years. Likewise, Halloween originated in Ireland, beginning with the Celtic Festival called “Samhain”. Now, the popular holiday, Day of the Dead, is celebrated from October 31st through November 2nd by visiting the graves of dead friends or family members. People who participate in Dia de los Muertos leave food, candles, incense, a poem, or a picture at the altar to honor the past lives of people they love.
Halloween On October 31 every year we celebrate a holiday known as Halloween. Celebrating consists of traditional activities such as: trick-or-treating, haunted houses, dressing up as your favorite character, carving jack-o-lanterns. There’s tons of fun stuff to do on Halloween, but there’s tons of history behind it as well. For starters, did you know that in Ohio, Massachusetts, and Iowa Trick-or-treating is referred to as Beggars Night?
Growing up in a big family, traditions were what kept our family together. As a child, every first weekend in December was spent at my grandma’s house. It was our traditional craft/tree decorating weekend. All 15 of us grandkids would arrive at grandma’s house filled with excitement and joy. It was at time that we all got to spend catching up with each other and playing.
This occurred on Jimmy’s seventh Halloween; it started several days before this holiday. Excitement took over him, the thought about going to every single house in the neighborhood to get candy. The mother of this young child had bought a banana costume for him, which she thought was cute. At school, Jimmy won the costume contest and his friend Tommy won second place with his hit dog costume. After school jimmy’s mother picked him up, and he would not stop talking about getting a lot of candies.
Haunted houses are very important to the history of Halloween. If we didn’t have them it just wouldn’t be the same. They won’t be around for too long, but where did the tradition of haunted houses come from? Halloween is known as the season of fright and fear. One reason of the haunted houses were made is for scaring people and entertainment too.
You also go out to haunted attractions like corn mazes and hayrides. Also Halloween is on October 31st and Dia
The Day of the Dead and Halloween are alike in many ways. During the Day of the Dead, people dress in costumes and celebrate their dead loved ones returning to them. Similarly, on Halloween, people also dress in costumes and go “Trick or Treating”. Both holidays also come from Catholic roots, and believe the veil between the living and dead worlds is thinnest on these days. During the Day of the Dead celebrations, people cook, eat, and have a party, similar to what others do on Halloween.
Recipe for Success There comes a time when one learns the truth about Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy, but nothing shocked me quite like the time I discovered the truth about my Thanksgiving turkey. Coming from a family of immigrants, we celebrated traditional Indian holidays with grandeur, but never Thanksgiving. In grade school, after hearing about our friends’ lavish plans and making countless drawings of turkeys by tracing our little fingers, my brother and I yearned to have a Thanksgiving feast of our own. Seeing this longing in our eyes, my mother put together scrumptious feasts for us over the next few years that included the traditional sides, and of course, a juicy, home cooked turkey. One Thanksgiving, though, with our eyes wide, and our mouths hanging open, we saw her taking our turkey out of a plastic box
One of the most-awaited moments of the year is right here once again. Dim neighborhoods are brightened by ghastly smiles of Jack-o '-lanterns in communities where the breeze is also slowly getting colder and the leaves that have fallen off of pines give each step a crunch. In a few days, children dressed like pirates, princesses, ghouls, and little monsters will be knocking on doors requesting goodies and several other goodies. Yet just before Halloween begins, you can delight the kids in your community by teaming up with several moms and dads and arranging a Halloween scavenger quest.
In the year of 2012, one mischievous, dreary, quiet, and cold night Hurricane Sandy hit Pennsylvania and it brought over seven inches of rain in Southern Pennsylvania. Halloween had been postponed for everyone to the weekend due to 1.2 million people without electricity throughout the state. On October 29, a state of emergency was declared. This super storm caused all major roads and highways to be closed and the many people in low-lying areas were evacuated.
All of these were able to bring back the spirit of this holiday. Play parties were at any time but the first of the season was usually held in the early dark in late autumn. Also, these parties would take place in a public place like a community school or hall, where the whole families would be able to attend. The ghost stories, pranks and mischief all kind of tie into one another because they all encompass other people; it evolves people because ghost stories, pranks and mischief are more than just socializing with others, it is more of frightening others and making connections between each other. Though, today we relate Halloween with witches, black cats, ghost, pumpkins, costumes, masks and trick-or-treating, there are still those who think about ghost stories, pranks and mischief.
Facts about Halloween Halloween Comes From A Celtic Tradition Versions of celebrating Halloween itself have always been around even though the way we celebrate Halloween today hasn't been around for a very long time. There’s a Celtic tradition called Samhain from which Halloween originated. Samhain is a festival that marked the end of the Celtic calendar year in Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man.
Americans started to dress up in costumes and go house to house asking for food or money In the late 1800s Americans wanted to mold Halloween into a holiday more about community and neighborly get-togethers than about ghosts, pranks, and witchcraft At the turn of the century, Halloween parties for both children and adults became the most common way to celebrate the day. By the 1920s and 1930s, Halloween had become a community-centered holiday, with parades and town-wide parties as the featured entertainment.