Compare And Contrast Two Holidays

We acknowledge the existence of both Holidays, and how they are celebrated in different states in the United States, but do we really know the difference between the two Holidays that makes them so significant that they impact everyday living? One of these Holidays is Halloween we know and love, and if you don’t know what Halloween is, well is a Holiday which was celebrated during the Celtic Festival of Samhain. Halloween was originally created for the people to dress up as monsters so they could scare of unwanted ghouls who only bring trouble like killing crops and such, as well as going to door to door asking for food in exchange for the people providing food would pray for the ones who are now deceased. In modern times Halloween is celebrated as the end of fall, and the coming of winter. Now the

Halloween dates back to when the Ancient Celtic festival of Samhain was still being celebrated. The practice of costumes and trick-or-treating is possibly related to the medieval custom of “souling” which was used by both Britain and Ireland when poor people would go to door to door asking for food and only ask in return for prayers to the dead. The Day of the Dead is almost like Halloween except the Day of the Dead has been around when the Aztec’s were still building their temples. Aztecs worshipped the God of the Underworld Mictlāntēcutli and his wife Mictecacihuatl. The Day of the Dead lasts for three days celebrating and remembering the ones that have crossed over to the other side so in order to remember them they decorate the graves of their families, eat sugar skulls or calaveras de azúcar in spanish. And for the two days that in extends to is Nov 1st and Nov 2nd, and the reason why that is on that on Oct 31 is Hallow’s Eve in Mexico, and Nov 1st is when they celebrate the day of children or Saints Day and in Nov 2nd is when the Day of the Dead begins along with All Souls