Halloween falls on All Saints Day. It was started in the 10^th century by the Catholic Church.  The name Halloween is associated with the death of the supernatural and falls on the eve of All Saints’ Day. 

Samhaim is a holiday made by the ancient Celts and Samhaim begins in sundown October 31st and extending to the following day.  In the Celtic religion, known as Druidism, the sprits that died in the preceding year roamed the earth on Samhain evening. The Celts sent these sprits away by giving these sprits food and drink. 

 Halloween is not celebrated on the same day as other nations and other nations don’t even celebrate Halloween they just have other holidays similar to Halloween and around the same day Halloween starts.

A Mexican holiday blends with Roman Catholic and Native Americans has traditions about the souls of the dead. In England Guy Fawkes’ Day is celebrated and on this holiday children light bonfires and burn effigies of Guy Fawkes who tried to burn the English Parliament building in 1605.

 Halloween decorations are associated with supernatural beings such as witches, ghost, vampires and werewolves.  We also put images that are thought to symbolize bad omens such as cats, bats and spiders. The jack-o-lantern is the most famous decoration in Halloween.  According to British folktales, a person named Jack O’ Lantern was barred from heaven and hell and was condemned to wander every where. Today a jack-o-lantern is a pumpkin carved into a weird face.  

 The way Halloween is celebrated in the United States is that people go to Halloween parties and dress up in costumes to scare evil things away. Children go trick or treating and they get treats from door to door.

  I am participating in Halloween this year and giving candy to trick or treaters, that is one of the great ways to celebrate Halloween.

The activities that are going on at school is the Halloween dance and people are sending candy grams all over the school to anyone they want. 

Learning about the history of Halloween has made me more aware of its true meaning and made me learn a lot.