Halloween It is an annual festival celebrated on October 31 throughout England. Some people have Halloween parties on or around this date, where hosts and guests often dress up as skeletons, ghosts, or other scary figures. Common Halloween symbols abound including pumpkins, bats, and spiders.
What do people do?
Halloween celebrations in England begin by dressing up to visit the houses where people gather to watch horror movies or go to a cinema.
Some children spend the trick-or-treat. This means that they dress up and go to other people's houses, knocking on the door to try candy or a snack. Those who do not give a treatment can be fooled with a joke instead.
Halloween has its origins in pagan festivals in England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. Many stores and businesses see Halloween as an opportunity to promote products with a Halloween theme.
It should be noted that Halloween is not a public holiday in England, as schools, businesses, shops and other organizations are open as usual. Likewise, public transport services run on their normal hours.
Halloween has its origins in pagan festivals celebrated throughout the end of October in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. People believed that, at this time of year, the spirits of the dead could come "alive" and walk among the living.
They thought it important to dress in suits when venturing outside, to avoid being harmed by the spirits. This may be the origin of the Halloween costumes we see today. In Puritan times, Halloween celebrations were banned, but were rekindled in recent times.
Halloween was called All Hallows Eve, or the day before All Saints' Day, celebrated on November 1. Some aspects of modern Halloween celebrations, such as the carving of lanterns from vegetables originated a long time ago. Others have been introduced more recently, often as a form of business promotion.
There are several symbols associated with Halloween. Orange and black colors are very common. Other symbols include pumpkin lanterns, witches, wizards, ghosts, spirits, and characters from horror movies. Animals associated with the festival are bats, spiders, and black cats.