Which holiday celebrates harvest around a bonfire, monster carved pumpkins, candy sales that soar to the millions, and costumes that are as unpredictable as the weather? Halloween, of course! Halloween is the second most successful holiday behind Christmas and I don’t have enough paper to explain all of the reasons. Halloween comes in many colors but the ones we always associate it with are orange and black – orange represents the fall harvest and black represents darkness and death (creepy!). Seemingly, the two are twisted into one interestingly spooky season.…
If you are already tired of the conventional characters you see each year at Halloween parties, you can always think of something that is not normally seen. Or if you plainly want to break the ice at the party you are going to attend, you can try wearing funny costumes that would leave everyone laughing out loud when they see you. It might take a lot of courage to execute funny Halloween costume ideas, but it will be rewarding in the end.…
During every halloween celebration around the world, the most commonly used decoration is the carved pumpkin. There are a number of designs that can be used the most common one being the traditional jack-o'-lantern, which happens to be the easiest design. The use of the carved pumpkin during halloween has made October to be referred to as the 'pumpkin season,' since halloween happens to be in October. There are 5 steps to be taken for this process and they are: 1. Choosing a pumpkin.…
Halloween, a day of dressing in costumes, going door to door collecting candy and other treats. Watching scary movies going to “haunted” houses and traditional activities in fall such as hayrides, and even “haunted” hayrides. (True History of Halloween, 2008)…
5. Halloween was originally the ‘festival of hallowtide’ or All Hallows or All Saints day. On these days, the dead souls could enter heaven.…
HALLOWEEN is the scariest night of the year.it is a tradition that most people celebrate.…
Dressing up is best part about Halloween. But sometimes, work and life responsibilities can prevent us from putting together an epic ensemble. If you’re short on time or watching your budget, here are 10 great Halloween costume ideas in a pinch.…
In modern life, Halloween occupies one of the central places, as it is a popular holiday when people wear costumes and have fun at the parties. Despite the fact that this holiday is dedicated to evil and its creatures, people have turned it into the joyful event. The director John Carpenter decided to alter the situation and shot the terrifying horror movie “Halloween”, which enjoyed a great popularity in the American viewers in 1978. Even today this slasher film is perceived as a masterpiece of horror art.…
Don’t be discourage, because I believed Halloween was the time you dress up and go trick- or- treating. However that is not the case. I stand before you to share what I have learned about the most superstitious holiday; Halloween’s history, tradition, and its evolution.…
First up, we have the the main themes of each holiday. The main theme of Halloween is scary stuff like witches, frankenstein, and other fictional monsters. They are supposed to scare you and a lot of times make you fear death. However, on Day of the Dead death is celebrated. It has people welcoming they’re dead ancestors back to Earth for a few days.…
Halloween is major holiday celebrated on the 31st of October every year in the United Sates of America. Here it is one of the biggest holidays of all, with many citizens participating in different festivities throughout the day. The Day of the Dead, El Dia de los Muertos in Spanish, is a major celebration in Mexico and Latin America that is celebrated every year on the first and/or second of November. For Catholics we know November 1st as All Saints Day and November 2nd as All Souls Day in the United Sates. These two days are Catholic Church holidays, whereas Halloween and The Day of the Dead are not Church holidays; although some parts of El Dia de los Muertos are approved of and even presided over by the Catholic Church. Halloween was brought to the United Sates by…
Although Halloween is long gone and the time to stuff your face with turkey and be grateful for what you have is here a controversy among college campuses and their students wearing certain Halloween costumes has raised racial issues that still remain.…
Some people wear costumes on halloween because, a long, long time ago people used to wear costumes to scare off the…
In its modernity, Halloween is the only day out of the entire year where a person is encouraged to be someone wildly different from themselves, with (almost) no negative repercussions. Thus, people tend to outdo themselves when it comes to crafting their "persona" for the night, taking much of their inspiration from movies, video games, the news, and even Internet memes to build the greatest costumes.…
Halloween is the same as the Day of the Dead in some ways. For example both are celebrated around the same time as the other. In Mexico and the United States, orange is believed to be the scared color. Another way is that children dress up in costumes and ask for candy. Lastly, adults and children particapite in Halloween and the Day of the Dead.…