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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