Halloween night is when ghouls and goblins rom the streets, the wolves howl at the moon, and you hear the laughter of witches flying around in the night sky, but that's only people in costumes. Every night on October 31st you will see kids as young as 9 months to adults as old as 80 dressed in costumes that range from angels to some that dress as people's nightmares. The month of Halloween some decorate their houses as scary as they can with flicking noises of their front porch light that casts over the freshly cut pumpkin that lies on the foot of the stairs, while you hear the stomping of little kids running house to house getting candy and the yelling of parents telling them to slow down. But why do we do this every year more excited than …show more content…
Halloween developed more and more till the late 19th century when the phrase “trick or treat” came into the picture when immigrants came to America and asked people for food in return they would pray for the family's dead relatives. As you can see now people celebrate Halloween a little different now but better yet think of it more as a fun and silly night where you eat candy, get hyper and look at others people creative costumes to get inspired for next year to enjoy with friends and family. They're probably hundreds of different Halloween tradition around different places in the world today but one that sticks to people is carving pumpkins. The Jack-o-lantern is a story told many years ago about a guy named Stingy Jack who is dishonest and is overly self-confident and the devil who is gullible and sneaky, the main point is that Jack isn't a good guy by much and keeps tricking the devil into stuff for a deal which ended up backfiring on him. Point of the story is that jack has to now roam the earth because he can't get into heaven or hell and his only source of light is from a small piece of coal that he placed into a hollowed turnip, which is why we carve out pumpkins today. Which also falls into the color combination orange
Halloween was not supposed to be like that, it was supposed to be more like when I was a kid. Houses would be decorated, jack-o-lanterns would be sitting near doors, and
When I learned that I would have to do my ethnographic report on what I did during Halloween, I was worried because I live in Turnpike and the most excitement that happens in turnpike is the sound of the garbage truck when it comes to pick up the Wednesday trash. Fortunately something did happen to me and I realized I would not have to write a boring paper of how I woke up and just stayed in my room the whole day. Well the day started off with me waking up and walking to the bathroom to take a shower, as soon as the turned the water on I realized I had left my shower and rather than turning off my shower I stayed in because the warmth of the hot water was too seductive for me to get out and get my towel. In the shower I had my usual thoughts about life, death, and comebacks to old arguments. Afterword I got out of my shower and reached for my toothbrush, which was located in a cupboard behind the toilet, but I grabbed at it too quickly and it fell in the toilet. I stood over my toilet for about five minutes just staring at my toothbrush in the toilet not believing what just happened, after that I started blaming myself for being too impatient. When I was done feeling sorry for myself I went into my room in search of another toothbrush but unluckily I couldn’t find one, so I had to go walk to the local store at around 7:30 in search of a toothbrush. While searching for a replacement toothbrush I realized that not that many people were in the store, I had always thought that stores were busiest in the morning and evening but apparently that’s not true. Once I got my new toothbrush I finished brushing, got dressed and went to catch the 11 to the Transit Center.
Irish immigrants brought the tradition to America in the 1840s and it soon became an integral part of our fall festivities.
Holidays like Halloween and Christmas are celebrated differently here in the U.S. In Mexico, Day of the Dead is celebrated and not Halloween. Grande describes a typical Day of the Dead celebration, “We would have been decorating our altar with candles and marigolds and plates of food for our dead relatives to enjoy” (177), in addition, people celebrate by visiting the grades of the deceased. Christmas in Mexico, the presents are exchanged on the Day of the Three Wise Men, January 6. She recounts, “kids looked forward to, when our bellies would be stuffed like piñata with peanuts, jicamas, candy, oranges, and sugarcane” (135), and churches reenact the journey of Mary and Joseph to
“Tis now the very witching time of night, when churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out contagion to this world.” This quote by William Shakespeare accurately sums up many cultures’ feelings towards modern-day Halloween. But where did Halloween originate? While there are several different ideas, the one that seems to be the most popular is that Halloween originated from an ancient Celtic rite called Samhain (pronounced sah-win). Halloween has strong roots in Paganism, which is the cause of negative connotations with Christian religion. Many modern Halloween traditions and symbols started
How the Opening Sequence of Halloween Captures the Attention of the Audience ' 'Halloween' was made in 1978 and is a good example of the 'Slasher' movies from that time and this is an interesting piece of cinema as it can be related to the German expressionism of the late 1920's which used jerky camera shots and high contrast lighting to enthrall the viewer .In this essay I will discuss how the opening to Halloween captures the audiences attention and how codes and conventions create suspense and tension for the audience.
Imagine having the worst potential Halloween nightmares come to life for a night. Everything from the “Boogeyman” to innocent random people being killed by chainsaws and other disturbing ways. The film Halloween does all that and then some. The movie begins with an innocent looking six year old boy named Michael Myers dresses up in a clown costume and stabs his older sister Judith to death. After that incident Michael ends up going to jail with a plan of being put away for a long time. Then on October 30, 1978 about fifteen years after Michael was sent to jail he escapes. Michael escaping proves to be a major event as most would guess. However, the underlying note in all of this is that the following day is Halloween. Unfortunately,
Late autumn has arrived and with it comes the dark magic of Halloween--and, of course, the
I can’t hold in my excitement as I run to the foyer. Mom looks at me worriedly, but I ignore her and throw open the door before the person standing behind it can knock. He looks at me with boredom lacing his expression, obviously expecting my weird gift to tell the future. I quickly hug him and grab his pale hand, pulling him outside. Tonight is Halloween, and the only time my pale blonde friend visits me. He’s my first and only friend, so I don’t mind that he doesn’t play with me the other three hundred sixty-something days in the year.
If you think butchering an innocent animal for its blood is evil? Because I certainly do! These crimes and a whole lot worse are connected to coven’s and witchcraft. Including dare I say human sacrifice? Who would ever teach or want there children to repeat type of morbid evil to the core behavior. Oh there will be those who say it’s not so bad? Or so what? Because they’ve been desensitized to just how evil and cruel they really are by books and movies that show them as good witches or trying to repackage it in a much more friendly seeming way. I’m not saying that everyone who reads a book like harry potter or watches a movie concerning witches will become one. But what we are saying is those are tools whereby far too many, even Christians have become desensitized to the real evils of witch craft. And especially on Oct 31st, Its not right for evil to be promoted or marketed on this day! A day is what you make it! But who in there right mind wants to celebrate evil or anything evil or wrong done to them or there family or any other for that matter? Don’t get me wrong I’m not against the idea of Halloween. When I was a kid, even as I grew older in a way, it was one
Christmas is almost here again, but have you ever thought how odd some of the holiday traditions are and how they became so popular? Buying a pine tree, setting it up in your house and then decorating it with festive lights and ornaments; hanging up stockings filled with candy over the fireplace; or how an old guy in a red-suit comes to your house the night before Christmas and leaves presents. This, too many Americans is normal, but why? Learning about these holiday traditions will get you into the Christmas spirit and show you what Christmas is truly about.
Halloween is believed to have been developed over two thousand years ago, before even the birth of Jesus. It originated from the Celtic people native to Ireland, England, Wales, Scotland, and
Halloween has deep seated traditions that have been around for thousands of years and that will continue for thousands more. What is Halloween? Halloween is more than just running around hiding from witches and ghouls.
The best halloween house is not always the scariest house,It's the one with the best candy.What is the best house on halloween ?What does it take to have the best halloween house?The best halloween house is the ones with the best candy and not the houses with decorations,candy is what makes halloween.Think about it if you didn’t have candy on halloween would you still go to trick or treating?Most likely you would not thats why candy makes the best halloween house.Although the best house is not always the scariest,But the best house is the one with the best candy.
Halloween is said to date back around the 1500’s and was founded by the Celtics who believed that on the thirty-first of October the dead would return to earth. The Celtics called this day All-hallows eve, or as we all know as halloween. After the first Europeans had arrived on the new world, the customs began to change which people now viewed this tradition as more for parties rather than Ghosts or witches. Day of the dead and Halloween both have the same origins that involve Christianity being mixed in with a thousand year old tradition. The term all saints day were on November 2nd for both holidays before the first settlers had arrived and changed the indigenous people’s ways.