Halloween Night vs. Prom Night

Halloween for many Americans means dressing up as an animal, famous star, cartoon, etc. and going trick-or-treating with their family or friends. However, not many people know the meaning behind Halloween. It is always celebrated on October 31st no matter what day it lands on. Many people do not know the tradition of Halloween and where it came from. In fact, I did not know either until my High School teacher told me that Halloween came from Ireland. The purpose of dressing up is so that the spirits and demons cannot recognize human beings. Many people thought the dead would arise that day and that’s why people used masks to distinguish themselves. In addition, trick-or-treating was a way to give candy, food, or money, but throughout the years it has changed. People trick-or-treat to receive candy or get tricked, which is always fun for children and even adults. People have a choice of either staying in their homes and just give candy to people who knock on the door or receiving candy. If the light of the front door is on or the house is decorated, then it is a sign that you can knock on their door. On Halloween Jack-o-Lanterns is believed that he tricked the devil, and when he died he was rejected in heaven and hell; for that reason, he roams our world and we represent him by carving pumpkins. Halloween dealt with spirits

Halloween: the holiday where as kids we couldn’t wait to go door to door to achieve the golden goal of a full bag of candy. Halloween soon turns into a question mark for teens; in an instant, there is a change of when it is ‘appropriate’ to go trick-or-treating and when you should just move on. Are you the one who thinks Trick-or-treating is lame or the one who still walks around your neighborhood every year -- no matter how many dirty looks you may get. What teenagers decide to do on Halloween varies: going to a party, passing out candy, staying home are a few popular options. Throughout my highschool experience I have been able to witness and experience all different types of halloteens, each with their own traits.

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.

The ones that stand out the most would be the dressing up aspect of it. In both holidays costumes are worn, but they become different and change overtime. Also, the celebration of both holidays is similar and different, because of the time they are celebrated and how they are celebrated. For example they are both celebrated at the end of the year. Most times they are celebrated with some kind of party. Lastly, there is giving aspect of both holidays. During Christmas it is gift giving, and during Halloween it is candy giving. Both have some unknown aspect whether it is the person giving the gift or what the gift is. Christmas and Halloween are both joyous celebrations, where fun can be had by the whole

Halloween is the point at which you cut Jack o' Lanterns out of pumpkins, design the house with a ghoulish topic, parties, and go trap or treating way to entryway wearing ensembles. Halloween is praised by both kids and grown-ups. Kids spruce up in

Halloween and Dia de los Muertos are similar but very different in the ways they, decorate, eat, and the way they celebrate. These two holidays are very interesting and can be seen as similar

Dia de los Muertos and Halloween are alike in some ways, but they are mostly different. For instance, Dia de los Muertos celebrates death. The people in Mexico and Central America who celebrate it aren’t afraid of this part of life. Halloween on the other hand celebrates being scared of death. On Dia de los Muertos, the people celebrate their loved ones who have passed, by honoring them. The reasons that Dia de los Muertos and Halloween are different are the people celebrate death, honor their dead loved ones, and finally the use of food, colors and costumes.

“Halloween is the one night a year when a girl can dress like a total slut and no other girls can say anything about it.” This quote comes to us from one of the main characters in the hit movie Mean Girls (2004). Even though this line is in fact quite satirical, unfortunately in our society today it also could not be more accurate. We are long past the days of Halloween being scary and we are certainly past the days when Halloween was a remembrance for loved ones who have been lost. Looking sexy and feeling sexy is now the common goal for many. By examining Halloween throughout the past decades we can see how this holiday, and the costumes that now accompany it have been morphed into the money making, sexualized and sexist holiday that we know

B. Topic Link: The holidays connection to it’s origins have mostly fallen by the wayside, and a number of new American traditions have developed.

There’s smiles on everyone’s faces, cheers fill the air, and excitement is bursting from its seams. There are continuous ways and examples of how a celebration can change someone’s emotions, which can vary greatly. The anticipation and joy that celebrations bring are what make them renown and familiar with everyone throughout the entire world. Christmas and Halloween are just simple examples that bring the well-known reactions everyone looks forward to. Christmas is the so called, “best time of the year,” and Halloween is known to be, “spookified fun and unique.” Christmas and Halloween are similar and different in many ways including: their history, their traditions, and their meanings throughout cultures.

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.

Halloween is one of the most popular holidays for children. It is celebrated with young children roaming the streets with their costume on collecting candy for hours around the block. Though not a lot of people I know celebrate the next holiday called, Day of the Dead, it is fairly different from Halloween. They both have their similarities but when it comes down to it, they are pretty different. Here are some differences and similarities I learned about the Day of the Dead, and Halloween while reading and watching a video.

During Halloween, different genders are portrayed in different way, especially

Prom is the most well-known american traditions around parts of the world. High-school students would dress up in their finest attire, go to a special dinner, and would arrive at the place where the most exciting point of their life is going to happen. Some schools have very specific dress codes, and others are more lenient with the exception of the outfit being inappropriate. For example, "It's what you want to be comfortable in and what you feel you would look good wearing."- quoted by a student named Claudetteia Love, from Louisiana, who wanted to wear a tuxedo to a prom which had a dress-only requirement. Love was able to revise the school’s policy by sharing her story with TODAY. This allowed for the U.S Justice Department to call the

Have you ever wondered what would happen if we had Halloween at school ? If we had it , what would you wear to school . Also , if we had it , it wouldn’t be as fun later on. Some kids will be having fun , but other kids wouldn’t .