Halloween Informative Speech

What does one simply call October 31? Many call the day All Hallows Eve, Halloween, or The Devil’s Holiday. No matter what the day is called, it is a day in the year everyone loves to celebrate. Halloween, as most call the day, has been going on for a long time. If it wasn’t for the history of Halloween, today’s society would not know of this great celebration. Halloween has come a great distance in history. Halloween originated from in the Paganistic times and dates back hundreds of years ago. Halloween began in Britain and Ireland, and according to the Christian Broadcasting Network the holiday began as the “Celtic Festival of Samhain” (Ankerburg, Weldon, & Burroughs, 2016). While attending the festival, it was “commonplace for masks and disguises to be worn” as the attendees were shielding their faces from the evil spirits said to be lurking about (Maxwell, 2016). Along with the evil spirits, it was known by the towns that all souls would return to their homes on Halloween and that the “Autumnal festival acquired sinister significant” because there were many types of ghouls, goblins and witches roaming around as well (Ankerburg, Weldon, & Burroughs, 2016).
With the children becoming more involved with the holiday, the costumes and masks became more child friendly. Parents would create their child’s costumes out of household items and fabric pieces to create the ultimate outfit. As the holiday became more successful, it also became more profitable. Many stores sold “decorations, costumes, masks, candy, and cards” (Bannatyne, 2004) Halloween was becoming such a big event that many decorated their houses, and “towns and cities began hosting large community celebrations;” along with the celebrations, trick-or-treating became very popular (Bannatyne,