Halloween or Hallowe'en, also known as Allhalloween, All Hallows' Eve, or All Saints' Eve, is a celebration observed in several countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows' Day. It begins the three-day observance of Allhallowtide, the time in the liturgical year dedicated to remembering the dead, including saints (hallows), martyrs, and all the faithful departed.
Halloween activities include trick-or-treating (or the related guising and souling), attending Halloween costume parties, carving pumpkins into jack-o'-lanterns, lighting bonfires, apple bobbing, divination games, playing pranks, visiting haunted attractions, telling scary stories, as well as watching horror films.
Useful phrase for Halloween holiday:
- Halloween sweets and treats
- Happy Halloween!
- Eat, drink, and be scary
- Have a boo-tiful night
- Have a safe and happy Halloween
- There is magic in the night when pumpkins glow with candlelight
- Trick or treat trick or treat give me something good to eat
- Trick or treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat
List of popular Halloween activities:
- Trick-or-treating
- costume parties
- making jack-o'-lanterns
- lighting bonfires
- divination games
- apple bobbing
- visiting haunted attractions
- playing pranks
- telling scary stories
- watching horror films
List of foods associated with Halloween:
- Barmbrack (Ireland)
- Bonfire toffee (Great Britain)
- Candy apples/toffee apples (Great Britain and Ireland)
- Candy apples, candy corn, candy pumpkins (North America)
- Chocolate
- Monkey nuts (peanuts in their shells) (Ireland and Scotland)
- Caramel apples
- Caramel corn
- Colcannon (Ireland)
- Halloween cake
- Sweets/candy
- Novelty candy shaped like skulls, pumpkins, bats, worms, etc.
- Roasted pumpkin seeds
- Roasted sweet corn
- Soul cakes
- Date: October 31 2023
- Also Called: Hallowe'en, Allhallowe'en, All Hallows' Eve, All Saints' Eve
- Significance: First day of Allhallowtide
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- Celebrations: Trick-or-treating, costume parties, making jack-o'-lanterns, lighting bonfires, divination, apple bobbing, visiting haunted attractions
- Observed By: Western Christians and many non-Christians around the world
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