Halloween originated from the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain and the Christian holiday All Saints' Day. It is traditionally celebrated on October 31st and involves activities like trick-or-treating, wearing costumes, carving jack-o-lanterns, and attending parties. The tradition of Halloween was brought from Ireland to North America by Irish immigrants fleeing the potato famine in the 1840s. Today, Halloween is one of the most popular holidays in the United States and Canada, though some Latin American countries have their own traditions on this date or do not observe it at all. According to legend, Halloween night is when the door between the living world and the afterlife is opened, and spirits of the dead return to visit

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2. Halloween is a holiday celebrated mainly in the U.S. on the night of October 31. It originated in the Celtic festival Samhain and the Christian feast of All Saints' Day. In large part, is a secular celebration although some believe that has a religious background. Irish immigrants passed versions of the tradition to North America during the Great Irish Famine of 1840.

3. History The word Halloween is a derivation of the phrase All Hallows' Eve2 (Eve of All Saints). It was celebrated in Anglo-Saxon countries, mainly in Canada, USA, Ireland and the UK. The expansive force of U.S. culture. UU. that Halloween has been popular in other Western countries.The day is often associated with the orange and black and is strongly linked to symbols like the Jack-o'-lantern. Typical activities include the famous Halloween trick or treating and costume parties, in addition to the bonfires, visiting haunted houses, jokes, reading scary stories and viewing horror films.

4. Present Today Halloween is one of the most important dates in U.S. and Canadian holiday calendar. Some Latin American countries, yet knowing this holiday, have their own traditions and celebrations that day, but coincide in their meaning: the union or extreme closeness of the living world and the kingdom of the dead. Other Latin American countries like Argentina, understood Halloween as a festival feature of Anglo-Saxon world, and give no importance to date.

5. Legends and Customs of Halloween It is said that Halloween night, the door between the living world of the Hereafter is opened and the spirits of the dead were a procession in the villages where they lived.On this night the spirits visited the houses of their families and for the spirits do not disturb the villagers had put a candle in the window of his house for each deceased had in the family. If there was a candle in memory of each deceased spirits do not bother your family, if it was not disturbed their spirits at night and made ​​them fall in such terrible nightmares.

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