Trick
or Treat?
By Ashrita Kuppili
Halloween is coming up! Are you excited
to go to trick or treating? Halloween is celebrated on the evening of October,
31st. It is the eve of ‘All Hallows Day’, which is celebrated on
November, 1st. It is interesting to know the stories of Halloween
how it started.
The custom of trick-or-treating
and the use of jack-o’-lanterns comes from Ireland. Hundreds of years ago,
Irish farmers went from house to house, begging for food in the name of their
ancient gods on the Halloween day. They would promise good luck to those who
gave them food, and made threats to those who refused to give. They simply told
the people, ‘You treat me, or else I will trick you!’ That is how
trick-or-treat for Halloween started.
People carve jack-o’-lanterns
for Halloween. This practice
originated from an Irish myth about a man named Jack. When Jack died, he could neither go to heaven nor to hell
because of his bad deeds. As a result, he became evil spirit wandering over the
earth with his lantern. The Irish began to carve pumpkins and place lighted
candles inside to scare away evil spirits from their home.
In America,
Halloween is celebrated by wearing scary costumes, carving jack-o’-lanterns and
visiting haunted houses. Trick or treating is an activity for children.
Children wear scary costumes and go to houses for trick or treat on Halloween
day evening.
Do you like to
celebrate Halloween? What’s your favorite costume?
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
22 comments:
Hey Ashrita,
I'm a ghost and I celebrate Halloween
I learned a lot from your blog
Great blog!
Nice post. I never knew that trick or treat started that way.My costume is a skeleton. I like to celebrate halloween because of the candy
Ashrita,
Wonderful blog! Halloween is my favorite holiday. In a Party City magazine, I saw a great costume. It was called Hip Hop Witch. Basically, it's just a bright colored witch. I like your Halloween costume!
Dear Ashrita,
Nice Blog! I love to trick or treat. My favorite costume is any thing.
Nice post!
Arya S.
Dear Ashrita,
I love to go trick or treating because it is fun, and a creative way of celebrating things! I don't like those scary costumes but, I do like to cute and creative costumes. In the Halloween Parade I was a big fat Angry Bird. See different variety. Overall, I think Halloween is a great exp. and fun way to now how is around you! Anyway that was a great blog! P.S. I also really like the decoration they sell.
Ashrita-
Amazing blog! I never knew that Halloween originated fro m Ireland nor did I know that people put up jack'o'lanterns to scare off evil spirits. I love Halloween. My favorite costumes are vampires, witches, and cats. Anyway Spooky blog!
Wow,Ashrita!
Great blog! It was very descriptive and educational. I love to celebrate Halloween because you get candy. My favorite candy Snickers. Anyways, great blog!
Wow! I would have to go buy a pumpkin and carve it or else...[shiver]that would be scary if you saw one. Hey! Guess what? I think you're a smarty-pants girl because everything you just said was totally new and cool to me. ( by the "boo", your blog was so spooky and scary that I almost jumped out of my chair!) Anyway, I LOVE your blog. Thanks for the fact!
Excellent blog Ashrita. I love to go trick-or-treating because I love candy and I like to see the different costumes people come up with. My favorite costume by far is my samurai costume. Overall you did a fabulous job
Cool Ashrita!
I practically love Halloween, although it is not my favorite holiday. I TOTALLY CANNOT wait to go trick-or-treating, but I don't have a favorite costume.
But, anyway...TOTALLY AWESOME BLOG!
Hey Ashrita,
I think your blog is very good. It was fun to know where, when, and how Halloween started. Your blog was very informative. I like Halloween because I like carving jack-o-lanterns and go trick-or-treating. I am going to dress up as a ghost for Halloween. I want to get a lot of candy. Great blog!
Wow! Ashrita your blog was so informtional that I didn't know that poor farmers begged for food in Ireland. I also didn't know that trick-or-treating started in Ireland.
I never knew that Halloween originated from Ireland. Is Jack a real person? Thank you for sharing where the phrase trick-o-treat came from. Happy Halloween!
Ashrita,
I love your blog and certainly love Halloween. My favorite costume is...hmm...I dunno. I don't have any special sort of costume but if I could get a better one, I would definitely beg for Hello Kitty. I don't know why, but just like Ms. Lu (or Mrs. Davis if she is), I just like it! Have a haunted Halloween!!!
I love to celebrate Halloween! This year,I'm going to be Athena. Athena is a Greek goddess. Nice blog Ashrita!
I always celebrate Halloween, and my favorite costume is Anikan Skywalker.
Hi Ashrita,
It is Kaaya from room 19. Great blog! Yes, I love to celebrate Halloween! Well, I don't really have a favorite costume but some of my favorites are the spider countess, and different characters! Overall, great blog!
Great blog, Ashrita. I was Darth Vader for Halloween. I like Halloween because I get lots of candy.
Dear Ashrita,
Great blog! Halloween is my favorite holiday to celebrate! I love it because you can be anything you want! My favorite costume is Fin or Jake from "Adventure Time" Anyway I loved hearing about Halloween! Happy Halloween!
Dear Ashrita,
I like Halloween only because I want to go trick -or -treating, but I don't have a favorite costume, but I have this old Cinderella costume I wore. I also wore a fox mask and glow in the dark jewelry. If I could choose a costume then I would choose a costume that comes with a bow and arrow. Wearing scary stuff is not my style, but I think walking around at night is good exercise and also carrying heavy candy can build your strength slowly.
-Michelle
I love 2 celebrate Halloween!!! My birthday is on Halloween!!(: I am a devil for Halloween!!
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