Halloween has evolved from the ancient Celtic holiday of Samhain, originally marking the end of the harvest season and the transition between seasons. It is now celebrated on October 31st and involves dressing in costumes and going trick-or-treating. Typical festivities include carving jack-o-lanterns, decorating, lighting bonfires, apple bobbing, visiting haunted houses, and telling scary stories. Halloween is a week-long celebration that brings joy and allows people of all ages to dress up and participate in fun fall activities.

1. What Halloween is all about!!!
History • Evolving fromthe ancient Celtic holiday of Samhain, modern
Halloween has become less about literal ghosts and more about
costumes and candy. The Celts used the day to mark the end of the
harvestseason and the beginning of winter, and also believed that this
transition between the seasons was a bridge to the world of the dead.
Etymology • Halloween also known as All Hallows'Eve, or All Saints'Eve,
is a yearly celebration observed in a number of countries on 31 October,
the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows'Day. Itinitiates the
time dedicated to remembering the dead, including saints (hallows),
martyrs, and all the faithful departed believers.

2. Typical festive Halloween activities include trick-or-treating attending
costume parties, decorating, carving pumpkins into jack-o'-lanterns,
lighting bonfires, applebobbing, visiting haunted houseattractions,
playing pranks, telling scary stories, and watching horror films.
Overall, Halloween is more than a holiday, it is a week-long celebration
that brings joy to thosewho celebrate it around you. In addition,
Halloween is a festive, fun holiday whereanybody of all ages can dress
up, carvepumpkins, go to haunted houses, commit pranks, and tell
frightening ghoststories. That’s the reason of the Halloween is the most
important and special celebration day in the United States.
Anastasia Anastasiou