Halloween

Though many people think it is an American festival,Halloween is a festival which began in Ireland thousand of years ago called Samhain,In the nineteenth century ,Irish and British people who emigrated to North America took their Halloween tradition with them ,and in the twentieth century it spread all over the US and Canada .It was a celebration of the ends of the harvest season,when livestock was killed to store for winter.

People believed that on 31th october,the desd would come back to life ,so they made bonfires with bones of animals,and made masks to mimic or to placate the evil spirits. The day for remembering loved ones and who had died ,1st november is all Saints Day or all Hallows Day,so Hollween is really all Halloween eve, on this day ,children would go to their neighbours'houses and sing songs for cakes or money

Halloween was not celebrated in the United States until the 19th century. In the nineteenth century ,Irish and British people who emigrated to North America took their Halloween tradition with them ,and in the twentieth century it spread all over the US and Canada.the Irish immigrants carve lanterns from turnips, in the USA pumpkins were used instead and now this is popular everywhere. other tranditions includes dressing up in fancy dress and trick or treating- going around knocking on people's doors hoping to receive sweets and treatenting a trick or prank if not. these traditions have been spread all over the world. Trick -or -treating is mostly very goog -humoured ,and almost all adults are very happy to give out sweets.

Normally,therefore, trick or treats receive a lot of sugary things during the evening, meaning Halloween is possibly the worst event in the year for children's teeth.