We have a culture of Halloween in the world. It is a festival held in Autumn, 10/31. A lot of people enjoy it, and celebrate.
This day is a eve of “All Saints’ Day (Hallowmans)”, so it has been called “Halloween”.(Hallows eve → Halloween)
Halloween festival is very famous all over the world, and children look forward to it every year. In this day, people (especially children) dress up as various characters; witch, ghost, bat, black cat, Dracula, and so on, because they try to get rid of the demons who is wandering around the houses. In the past, people believed that it is not good spirit which have come back to the earth.
In Halloween, children dress up, and visit the other houses to get some sweets. They say “Trick or Treat! (it means they’ll trick if adults do not treat some sweets for them…). And children have a “Jack-o-lantern”, the lantern which is made of a pumpkin because it’s effective in calling good spirits, and in get rid of bad one.
A lot of countries hold this festival, but the origin is Ireland. In celtic countries (especially Ireland), a festival was held several thousand years ago. In Middle Ages, it became to the Christ festival which celebrate all the saints.It was regarded as a most important day a year in religion.
