1October 3 1st, dozens of children wear costumes (knocking on the neighbor's door and shouting "trick or treat" as soon as the door opens. Pirates and princesses, ghosts and pop heroes at that time all opened their bags and caught candy or other delicious things thrown in by their neighbors. When they gave candy to each child, the neighbors marveled at the costumes and tried to guess who was under the mask.
Because the 6th of 1 1 month in 800 AD was a religious festival, it was called Halloween. Mass on this day is called Halloween. The night before was called Halloween. Like other American celebrations, it originated from pre-Christianity and Christian customs.
1October 3 1 day is the eve of the Celtic New Year. Celts are the ancestors of today's Irish, Welsh and Scots. On this day, ghosts walk and mingle with the living, or so the Celts think. People in the town bake food all day. When night falls, they dress up and try to imitate the souls of the dead. I hope the ghost can leave peacefully before midnight on New Year's Day.
After a long time, when Christianity spread all over Ireland and1October 3 1 was no longer the last day of the year, Halloween became a celebration mainly for children. Ghosts go from house to house begging for food, or they will play tricks on the owner of the house. When millions of Irish immigrated to the United States in the1840s, this tradition followed.
Today's school dances and neighborhood parties called "block parties" are very popular among young people and old people. More and more adults celebrate Halloween. They disguised themselves as historical or political figures and went to the masquerade party. In the evening, children dressed up and their parents gathered in the shopping center. Shops and businesses provide games and snacks for children. Teenagers like to hold masquerade balls in their schools, and the more exaggerated the costumes, the better!
Pranks such as soaping the window and tipping the trash can are expected. But parting and pranks are not the only things on Halloween. People like to do something. Some people raise money to buy food and medicine for poor children all over the world.
Symbol of Halloween
Halloween originated from celebrations related to evil spirits. Witches flying black cats, ghosts, goblins and skeletons on brooms have all evolved into symbols of Halloween. They are popular trick-or-treating clothes, especially greeting cards and Wi patterns. ndows。 Black is one of the traditional Halloween colors, probably because Halloween festivals and traditions are held at night. In the weeks before1October 3 1, Americans decorated the windows of houses and schools with the outlines of witnesses and black cats.
Pumpkins are also a symbol of Halloween. Pumpkin is orange pumpkin, and orange has become another traditional Halloween color. Carving pumpkins into jack-o-lanterns is a Halloween custom and can be traced back to Ireland. There is a legend about a man named Jack. He is so stingy that he is not allowed to enter heaven after death because he is a miser. He can't go to hell because he played a joke on the devil. As a result, Jack had to walk on the earth with lanterns until the judgment day. Irish people use turnips, bees or beets to carve a scar face, which stands for "pumpkin lantern". When the Irish brought their customs to America, they carved faces on pumpkins, because there were more pumpkins than turnips in autumn. On Halloween night, a pumpkin lantern in the window of a house let children know that if they knock on the door and say "trick or treat", there will be candy waiting for them.
Halloween snacks
Dried pumpkin seed
After carving your pump, separate the pump from the seed. Rinse the seeds and spread them out to dry. The next day, add enough melted butter or margarine to wrap each seed. Spread the seeds on biscuit paper and bake them in a 300-degree oven for 20 minutes, or until they turn slender brown.
Caramel apple
Take off 100 caramel wrapping paper and put them in the saucepan. Put the saucepan on a pot of boiling water. Until the caramel melts. Put a wooden stick on the top of each apple and soak the apple in caramel. Let them cool on wax paper and enjoy!
Horror story
A Halloween party is incomplete without at least one horror story. Usually a person speaks in a low voice.
Sound, while others gather on the floor or around the fire. The following is a retelling of a story circulating in Britain, North Carolina and Virginia.
"What are you doing here?"
There is an old woman who lives alone. She is very lonely. One night, she sat in the kitchen and said, "Oh, I wish someone would accompany me."
Hardly had she finished speaking when two rotten feet fell down the chimney. The old woman's eyes bulged with fear.
Then my legs hang down to the fireplace and stick to my feet.
Then a body rolled down, followed by two arms and a head.
Under the old woman's gaze, these parts combined into a tall man. The man is jumping around the room. He walked faster and faster. Then he stopped and looked into her eyes.
"What are you doing here? She asked in a trembling voice.
"What am I doing here?" He said. "I'm here for you!"
The narrator shouted and jumped to the people around him.