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HALLOWEEN: (Brief)
Halloween is a holiday that people celebrate each year on October 31. The tradition originates with the accident Celtic festival of Samhain. When people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off ghosts. In the eighth century, Pope Gregory III designated November 1 as a time to honor all saints.
Soon, all Saints Day incorporated some of the traditions of Samhain. The evening before was known as All Hallows Eve, and later Halloween. Over time, Halloween evolves into a day of activities like trick-or-treating, carving jack-o-lanterns, festive gatherings, donning costumes, and eating treats.
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HALLOWEEN: (History)
In some countries, people attend church and light candles on the graves of the dead. Some Christians also refrain from having non-vegetarian food on this day. There are many theories on how Halloween evolved and its origin. While many scholars believe it has Christian roots. Its relation to the pagan harvest festival known as Samhain is also widely believed. Samhain meaning ‘Summer’s End’ celebrates the end of the harvest season.
Gals believed that during this time the wall between the living and the dead becomes small and they come back to life. In fear of the dead who would damage crops, the ancient Gals would stock their supplies preparing for winter. And to please the unholy spirits, people lit bonfires and wore masks.
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HALLOWEEN COMES TO AMERICA…?
The celebration of Halloween was extremely limited in colonial New England. Because of the rigid Protestant belief systems there. Halloween was much more common in Maryland and the southern colonies.
As the beliefs and customs of different European ethnic groups and the American Indians meshed. A distinctly American version of Halloween began to emerge. The first celebration included “play parties. Which were public events held to celebrate the harvest. Neighbors would share stories of the dead, tell each other’s fortunes, dance and sing.
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PUMPKIN CARVING
It is believed that pumpkin carving on Halloween came into being. As immigrants to North America started to use pumpkins. Then the traditional turnip was softer and larger. Carving of pumpkins during Halloween came into practice as both harvest and the day fell during the same time in the year. Over the years, people started lighting pumpkins thus becoming essential on Halloween. People also decorate their houses with scarecrows and corn husks.
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HALLOWEEN COSTUME AND CELEBRATIONS
The practice of trick or treating and dressing began in the 16th century in Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Where people went door-to-door asking for food in exchange for a poem or song dressed in various costumes. People who dressed up as souls of the dead were believed to be protecting themselves from the spirits by impersonating them. The celebrations took a different turn with poor children who would go around praying for the dead in exchange for collecting soul cakes. Over the years, children would go around in the neighborhood and ask for candies. Soul cakes have a cross on the top and when eaten they represented a soul being freed from purgatory.
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HALLOWEEN QUOTES
“Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and caldron bubble.”
– SHAKESPEARE
“It’s halloween everyone’s entitled to one good scare.”
– BRACKETT
“Oh look, another glorious morning makes me sick.”
– WINIFRED SANDERSON
“When black cats prowl and pumpkins gleam, may luck be yours on Halloween.”
– Akhil Patel
“A mask tells us more than a face.”
– OSCAR WILDE
“Halloween was confusing. All my life my parents said,’Never take candy from strangers.’ And then they dressed me up and said,’Go beg for candy.”
– RITA RUDNER
“We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones.”
– STEPHEN KING
“Whatever you do, don’t fall asleep.”
“Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can’t see where it keeps its brain.”
– J.K. ROWLING
“There is something at work in my soul. which I do not understand.”
– MARY SHELLEY
“This is my costume. I’m a homicidal maniac. They look just like everyone else.”
“If human beings had genuine courage, they’d wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween.”
– DOUGLAS COUPLAND
“Magic is really very simple, all you’ve got to do is want something and then let yourself have it.”
– AGGIE CROMWELL
“On Halloween, witches come true; wild ghosts escape from dreams. Each monster dances in the park.”
– NICK GORDON
“There is something haunting in the light of the moon.”
– JOSEPH CONRAD
“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”
– L.M. MONTGOMERY
“Where there is no imagination, there is no horror.”
– ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
“Trick or treat, bag of sweet, ghosts are walking down the street.”
“Nothing on earth is so beautiful as the dinal haul on Halloween night.”
– STEVE ALMOND
“On Halloween you get to become anything that you want to be.”
– AVA DELLAIRA
“Shadows of a thousands years rise again unseen, voices whisper in the trees, ‘Tonight is Halloween…!”
– DEXTER KOZEN
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FINAL WORDS
I hope you liked this collection of Halloween Quotes. Also, you can know more about this day known as Halloween Day. You will also find a brief on Wikipedia too. If you want to explore more amazing content like Halloween Quotes then visit Captionsbook regularly. Stay tuned…!