Halloween Celebration

Halloween is a holiday celebrated on October 31; it has derived its roots from Celtic festival of Samhain and the Christian holy day of All Saints Day. It is greatly a secular celebration.

History of Halloween:

Halloween has its origin in the ancient Celtic festival known as Samhain.The festival of Samhain is a celebration of the end of the harvest season in Gaelic culture, and is regarded as the "Celtic New Year "Traditionally, the festival was a time used by the ancient Celtic pagans to take stock of supplies and slaughter livestock for winter stores. The ancient Celts believed that on October 31st, now known as Halloween, the boundary between the living and the deceased dissolves, and the dead become dangerous for the living by causing problems such as sickness or damaged crops.

Halloween Celebration 2010

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Halloween Celebration is often associated with the colors orange and black, and is represented with symbols such as the jack-o'-lantern. Halloween Celebration activities include trick-or-treating, wearing costumes, ghost tours, bonfires, costume parties, visiting haunted attractions, carving jack-o'-lantern, scaring people, reading scary stories, and watching horror movies. Trick-or-treating is a customary celebration for children on Halloween. Halloween costumes are traditionally those of monsters such as ghosts, skeletons, witches, and devils. On 2010 hallowen is on sunday October 31st.

Dressed in scary costumes children go from house to house, asking for treats such as candy or sometimes money, with the question, "Trick or treat?" The word "trick" refers to a threat to perform mischief on the homeowners or their property if no treat is given. But all these things happen in a friendly manner. Haunted attractions are entertainment venues designed to thrill and scare people: most of them are seasonal Halloween businesses. There are several games traditionally related with Halloween party celebration. One common game is dunking or apple bobbing, in which apples float in a tub or a large basin of water and the participants have to use their teeth to remove an apple from the basin. Homes are decorated with symbols like pumpkins, corn husks, and scarecrows around Halloween.

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