2007-10-30 05:07:09 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Halloween, or Hallowe'en, is a holiday celebrated on the night of October 31. Traditional activities include trick-or-treating, Halloween festivals, bonfires, costume parties, visiting "haunted houses" and viewing horror films. Halloween originated from the Pagan festival Samhain, celebrated among the Celts of Ireland and Great Britain. Irish and Scottish immigrants carried versions of the tradition to North America in the nineteenth century. Other western countries embraced the holiday in the late twentieth century. Halloween is now celebrated in several parts of the western world, most commonly in Ireland, the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, and the United Kingdom.
2007-10-30 05:12:04 · answer #1 · answered by AlexB 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Search "Halloween" on google, it will give you the history behind it. Kids dress up in costumes, maybe from thier favorite cartoon, or something cute like a pumpkin, and they go to door, saying "Trick or Treat" they get candy, and Adults sometimes go to parties or bars, and drink till they pass out, or at least I do.. lol
2007-10-30 12:10:34 · answer #2 · answered by Jas 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's an elided form of the popular scottish greeting directed at small children.
2007-10-30 14:32:11 · answer #3 · answered by The Duke of W 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
its day of the dead and its celabratied in the mexcican tradtion i guess everyone thought it would be a good idea for the kids to do something fun so they dressed up and go door to door asking for candy say
trick or treat give me something good to eat
2007-10-30 12:11:11 · answer #4 · answered by Erica Maire 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween
2007-10-30 12:10:34 · answer #5 · answered by Yanks4Life23519 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
an american holiday spun from paegan rituals
2007-10-30 12:13:25 · answer #6 · answered by ღFreakin Fantasticღ 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it's where you get to scare little children.
2007-10-30 12:10:18 · answer #7 · answered by EnRhage 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋