Halloween: America's Tradition

Introduction: Patrons of the season of Halloween spend over $2.5 billion dollars every year on candy, costumes, and decorations. Every year millions of kids get dressed up, knock on doors, and beg for candy. Have you ever wondered where this strange tradition originated? The three most important points of Halloween can be summed up by looking at its origins, how it came to include jack-o-lanterns and bobbing for apples, and how it is celebrated today with trick-or-treating and haunted houses.

C. Thesis Statement: Going from what the meaning of Halloween is in America today and looking back at it’s roots, it has evolved dramatically. And just recently we have been seeing a comeback from one of those roots, but do we know it’s real cultural significance?

In Rob Zombie’s interpretation of John Carpenter’s 1978 Halloween, evil is manifested in a ten year old boy named Michael Myers. Zombie showcases for the first time on film, what the child went through that lead to the destruction of his innocents. The Halloween movie series is one of the most well-known horror movies of all time and one of my favorite slasher-flim. Michael Myers is who everyone fears the most, because no matter what you do to him, he would ever die. He never hid the hate and the evil that was inside him, he just embraced it. Somehow and someone has created this boogeyman that everyone fears, but the story was never told. It wasn’t until Zombie started filming Halloween that this could be answered. Sociologically concepts

Now I know this is off topic of what I normally blog about.So don't get all mad at me cuz I'm not blogging about what I normally blog about, cuz I don't wanna hear you complaining that I'm not blogging about what I normally blog about. I don't have time for that. So as you can tell from the title I will be talking about halloween. Halloween is the one time where you can dress up as whatever you want. You also get free candy from random people. Every year our school has this halloween dance. At this halloween dance you go and and hang out with your friends. You can either go to the halloween dance in your costume or bring your costume and get dressed at the dance.

Every year millions of kids get dressed up, knock on doors, and beg for candy. With Halloween just around the corner, you all are probably wondering where this strange tradition came from. Every year I have experienced this holiday and have done research on this topic. According to a 2014 Smithsonian.com article, stated by Natasha Geiling, in just one year Americans spent over six billion dollars on candy, costumes, and ghoulish decor in anticipation for Halloween. Many people think all Halloween is about dressing up and going trick or treating but there's more to it than that. The roots and variations from all around are what makes Halloween what it is today. In order to understand this holiday, we will go into the history of Halloween, how it's celebrated around the world, and superstitions revolving it.

As a child I wanted every holiday to be like Halloween so I could collect massive amounts of sweet candy. All of the children in the neighborhood would walk house to house in a large group to prevent being kidnapped. After trick-or-treating, my friends and I would trade with each other until we each had all of our favorite candy. But as I grow older I tend to see how much the holiday has changed through the amount of candy, parties, and costumes.

I went trick-or treat .New Madrid all round town .On October 31 Halloween day. Me and my family such as ,sister,brother ,mom,aunt,uncle ,cousin .All the kids dressed as The Purge.We had on all black,hat ,black shoes ,and our face was painted like the purge had like different design .We had carry fake weapon .Every Time we got off the back of the truck we had a different routine .

With the increase in reinterpretations of death and Halloween symbols, two fundamental things occurred, the mass commodification of Halloween and a decontextualization of the symbols of death. In 1978 the premiere of Halloween, directed by John Carpenter, directly placed the holiday itself in relation to horror and gruesome death, more so than the introduction of gothic horror ever did (Rogers 110; Khapaeva 58). The introduction of explicit horror, according to Rogers, created. “a coded language that enables authors and invites their audiences to explore their fears, hidden desires, and anxieties” (110). This established a creative space in which fantasy and dissociation could be merged creating a popularization of death without actually dealing with the reality of death itself. It created a space where the narrative of horror and death could be controlled and regulated, through established archetypes. This directly contrasted the collective psyche of the 1970s and 80s in the United States, which was dealing with the ramifications of the AIDS epidemic (the worst epidemic since Polio), and an increase in social, religious, and political conservatism (Khapaeva 78). Through horror movies and Halloween, social anxieties could be dealt with in an a-political and creative way, while still maintaining the sanitized separation of hospital and culture.

I love candy and that's why i love Halloween,candy is so delicious and it is also nice to share. Another good thing about Halloween is that you get to dress up. Dressing up is so much fun,and picking out costumes with your family.Also I love spending time with my family trick-or-treating,eating candy ,and picking out costumes. In the fall you can rake leaves and jump in them,and ride bikes. First you rake leaves with your friends and family. Rake till you have a big pile and jump in and repeat. You can ride your bike any time so as long as you have fun it is all that matters.Also Thanksgiving is in fall you eat turkey,dessert,stuffing,and

I woke up in the morning and turned on my holographic phone. After I got out of bed my automatic clothes changer put me in a Halloween costume! When I saw the Halloween costume I immediately thought of my friends, Oliver Queen and Kara Danver. I picked up my phone then yelled to my mom that I was going over to the Queen’s family house.

The sales of businesses could go down during halloween if age is restricted. In October of 2016 walmart made a profit of 2.57 percent in sales. When age is restricted people will buy for a less amount of trick or treaters and the sales will decrease. Not only that but

It was a hot, warm, nice day. The Wind blew calmly through trees. Not a thing was out of place. Hanayia lived on 5th Avenue. Beautiful houses, nice people, perfect life. Hanayia had the

If Americans were asked to give examples of holidays, they would most likely mention the Fourth of July, Halloween, Thanksgiving, or Christmas. These specific dates, known as calendar customs, are traditional practices that have become incorporated into culture due to “social pressure, common usage, and parental or other authority” (Brunvand 406). Each holiday has rich, historical roots, and many of the customs associated with them have been transmitted over several generations. In addition, most contemporary holiday customs vary dramatically from the date’s original purpose. In the case of Halloween, the commercialization of candy and costumes has contributed to a more family-oriented atmosphere compared to the initial

Borrowing from Irish and English traditions, Americans began to dress up in costumes and go house to house asking for food or money. Over time this tradition turned in to today modern “trick or treating”. In the late 1800s, America turned Halloween into a holiday more about community and neighborly get-togethers than about ghosts, and witchcraft. As the centuries changed Halloween parties for both children and adults became the most common way to celebrate the day. Parties focused on games, foods of the season and festive costumes. Parents were encouraged by newspapers and community leaders to take anything “frightening” or “grotesque” out of Halloween celebrations. Because of these efforts, Halloween lost most of its superstitious and religious overtones by the beginning of the twentieth century (Kammen).

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