Halloween is a celebration on the night of October 31.

     Halloween is a celebration on the night of October 31 in the West. Children dress up as ghosts, convince friends to go out for a celebration. With decorative lights led balloons And the most important thing is the pumpkin carving as a lamp called Jack-O '-Lantern. (jack-o'-lantern).

     Halloween celebrations are popular in the United States, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Canada, and also in Australia. And New Zealand too As well as other European countries, it is popular to hold Halloween parties for fun.

History of Halloween

     On October 31, this is Halloween, which is the day that Westerners Like dressing up as ghosts and taking friends to a party to celebrate Which on Halloween Will be decorated with lights to look like the city of ghosts The symbol of Halloween is the pumpkin carving lantern, also known as the Jack-o lantern. The popular countries for Halloween events are the United States of America, the United Kingdom (England), Canada, and the nation. Many, but in the Asian zone, our home is not very popular.

     October 31 is the day that the Celt people, an indigenous tribe in Ireland, are considered to be the end of the summer, and the next day is November 1, the day of the year. New. On October 90, the Celts believed that It's the day that the dead dimension And the living will be linked together And the spirits of those who died in the past year will search for the bodies of the living In order to live again Trouble for people Must find every means that the spirit will not haunt the body The Celts then turned off all the lights in the house. Keep the weather cold And is not desired by all the evil spirits Also, try to dress strange. Disguised as a ghost And clatter To make the real ghost scare away and disappear.

     Some legends have even described that the "people who think they were possessed by ghosts" is the slaughter of chickens to make them afraid. But that's an event that occurred since BC. That the idea of ​​sprite is deeply rooted in the human mind Later in the first century BC The Romans inherited the Halloween tradition from the Celts, but they burned the bodies of those possessed by ghosts. Changed to burn the puppet instead Time has passed Beliefs about ghosts possessed human beings, respectively. Halloween became just a ritual. To dress up as ghosts, witches, monsters, as they were originally created Halloween traditions arrived in America in the 1840s by Irish immigrants to America. Trick or Treat, which means "trick or treat", began in the 9th century. The Europeans considered 'Nov 2 Souls' to walk. Request 'Soul cakes' from one village to another, believing that the more cakes The spirits of the donors were also given merit. Make only a chance to get to heaven!

     As for the myths about pumpkins Is a local legend of the Irish people that talks about Jack the Tapeworm, a drunken magician One day he tricked the devil up onto the tree. And write the cross at the base of the tree Can't make the devil come down From then he made a deal with the devil 'Do not bring bad things to lure him again' and then he will release the devil from the tree When jack died He refused to go to heaven. Meanwhile, refusing to go to hell The devil then gave him the charcoal that was burning. In order to dispel the cold in the dark And Jack put this charcoal in a turnip that has been punctured For the fire to burn longer The Irish then carved the turnip turnip. And put the fire inside It is another symbol of Halloween. In remembrance 'Stop the evil' Trick or Treat to give merit to the deceased relatives And religious ceremonies for making merit on New Year's Day But when celebrating Halloween in the United States Americans found that Pumpkins are much easier to find than turnips. Therefore switched to use pumpkin instead Turnip has become a pumpkin for this reason.

TRICK ORTREAT tradition

     TRICK ORTREAT tradition In the United States, one of the games that children have been waiting for on Halloween is that the houses are decorated with pumpkin lanterns and puppet dolls that are part of the Harvest Festival. Each house will prepare a white, yellow, orange corn-shaped candy in the same grain called Corn Candy and other snacks to prepare for. Children in the neighborhood will be dressed in fancy Halloween Costumes as ghosts knocking at the door.


By focusing on the house with decorative pumpkin lanterns (Because they implicitly welcome them) and ask "Trick or treat?" The homeowner has the right to answer the treat by giving up. Give the sweets to those ghosts (children). As if it was too scary or chose to answer trick to challenge those ghosts to rampage Which could be anything From sticking out his tongue to haunt his eyes To the point of breaking little belongings and may end up being treat children in the end.