History of Halloween

by Keiara Keene

    Halloween, one of the world’s oldest holidays, is still celebrated today in several countries around the globe. In the United Kingdom, they celebrate Halloween with a British twist. In Mexico, Latin America, and Spain, All Souls’ Day, is their Halloween. In Ireland and Canada, Halloween, which was once a frightening and superstitions time of the year, is celebrated like in the United States with trick-or-treating, costume parties, and is fun for all ages.  The word Halloween comes from All Hallows Eve.

Did You Know…?

• A traditional food eaten on Halloween is barnbrack, a kind of fruitcake that can baked at home or brought from stores.
• Some other names for Halloween are All Hallows Eve, Samhain, and All Hallowtide.
• Halloween is correctly spelt Hallowe’en.
• A pumpkin is really a squash, and it comes from the same family as a cucumber.
• Black cats were originally believed to protect witches’ powers from negative forces.

Comments

[Monica Moore]

i love this how u descerd it

[toni tavares]

you did breally good.

[Ruby Luke]

I think it's interesting because the black cats protect the witches powers.

[Madison Thompson]

I am going to be a flamingo for Halloween. I'm excited!

[Jordan McKie]

Thanks for those facts!

[Daniel Rodriguez]

I like the Halloween holiday

[Mia Scheller]

Good job. It was fun learning
about Halloween.

[Keiarakeene]

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[Brooke Jones]

This is a great article. I learned a lot about Halloween.

Thanks,

Brooke

[Brianna Stephens]

I liked reading about the different traditions in other countries. Thanks for the info.

[Jimmy Waters]

i did not now a pumpkin was a squash.I really liked the article.

[Vyrenne Salvo]

I like knowing history and why holidays were made and the reasons behind it.

[Kayla M Baker]

I like halloween. The article taught me a pumpkin is a squash.

[Olivia Jolley]

The story was about Halloween.I liked the part when the story said,"The world's oldest holiday."

[Caitlyn Rachel]

even though holloween is "over" for this year i learned a couple facts about holloween. i knew some of these though :)