Personal Narrative : Halloween : A Story Of A Halloween Day

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.

Halloween is celebrated almost all around the world. Though the name may differ from region to region, the original customs of halloween can be found everywhere. “Day of the Dead”, “Kawasasqanchis”, “Dance of the Hooded Egunguns”, and “Bon Festival” are just a few of the many celebrations that, if one were to look at their traditions and when the celebrations were made, would see that they derive from the origin of Halloween. The many celebrations similar to Halloween all share similar themes such as: contact with the spirit world involving the spirits of the dead, fairies, witches, and the devil and evil spirit creatures.

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.

Waylon and his older brother Jesse were spending another Halloween pounding the pavement. It was getting dark and cold. Mom and dad sat in the minivan across the street as the kids knocked on doors and did their best to scare the residents of Tucson. Waylon was dressed as SpongeBob, while his big brother had dressed up as a pirate. Of course Jesse was the best he told everyone so.

It was a dark, cold Halloween night. The wind rustled the leaves, and the tree branches reached out to the street like hands towards the young trick-or-treaters. The moon put off an eerie glow, and the crisp air whistled a frightening tune. Casper street was full of young children anxious to get their savory Halloween candies, but one group of kids was more interested in a tale the older people had told them the last year. Paxton, Ryley, Deangelo, and Jake were not interested in the candy but the old house at the end of the neighborhood. They could not quite remember the details of the story but the house, and the way it was described. It was an old, black house..no exterior or interior lighting. It’s grass had not been cut, and the glass windows were shattered.

DESCRIPTIVE SPEECH Tanner, Sarah Communication Studies 105 T/ Th 8:00am Halloween INTRODUCTION: Attention Getter: ( The Nightmare Before Christmas movie clip) Central Idea: Halloween is a holiday with many traditions that date back thousands of years. Credibility Statement: I grew up in a very strict, religious household and I was not allowed to celebrate Halloween, which is probably what led to my rebellious love for this haunted holiday.

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 .

Halloween is just around the corner and many kids are excited. Humans across the United States are preparing for the holiday by buying many things. People are buying costumes for trick or treating, lawn ornaments to put in their yard, and candies such as skittles and m&ms to hand out to kids. Some of the most popular lawn ornaments this year are tombstones, skeletons, and like almost every other year your classic Jack O'Lantern. There are also many new costume ideas this year including super hero and pokemon outfits. Except with the new clown sightings, many parents are worried for their children's safety, causing them to limit their children’s time out on the streets. Also some are choosing not to let their kids go at all.

One day me, my mom, my dad, and my 3 cousins, Victor, Corry, and Priscilla went to a big pumpkin patch in Lathrop 2 days before Halloween.

After the sound of door bell“Ding-dong”, opening the door and a group of children will enthusiastically shout “Trick or treat” at the same time for the candy. This scenario occurs in every Halloween evening in the U.S. Historically, Halloween is a traditional religious ceremony that derived from northern Europe. However, in the U.S what people usually think about the Halloween is always involved with buzzard costume, Halloween themed decoration and candy. Americans show the great obsession toward Halloween by spending a huge amount of money on buying Halloween supplies.

I woke up with gusto! It was the day before Halloween, and I still haven’t found a costume yet. I was becoming anxious. My mother was working, and my sister was asleep. I was sure my dad was at work too, but he was always gone. I began to think. “ Am I going trick or treating?” I wanted to be a dog for Halloween, so I was hoping Walmart would have it. It was already 10a.m.

A certain photograph has laid in the entryway of my room and has caught my line of sight every day for the last 10 years. The framed snapshot of time is Halloween night as my three best friends and I are dressed up as a princess, a fairy, a cheerleader and a washing machine. As a fearless and attention seeking child, I’m sure you can guess which costume I picked. I have always craved the type of attention that brought out a laugh or even a smirk from complete strangers. My audacious childhood actions has transitioned into my personality as a young adult. Although I have reduced some of my crazy desires over time such as breaking out into song and dance in the middle of a busy store, I have become an adventurer. An adventurer through my clothing,

There are two things I do not like since I was young till now. The first one is clowns as a baby, I would cry and scream because my baby room had clowns everywhere on the walls and my brothers would scare me to the fact I would shake like a child. I would always have bad dreams of clowns chasing me and laughing at me with their ugly face paint and red nose on them. The second one is that I do not like is Halloween , at the age of five , I would dress up as a princess , but would only got to one house to trick or treat and I was still afraid of seeing scary costumes. I would take off running to my room and hide so they would not get me, Halloween has a big effect on my life because I think of all the bad things and scary costumes that could

There is an old house down the road from where I live, people tell spooky stories about it all the time. But no one has ever been dumb enough to actually go to the house and confirm the stories and I don't blame them. The house is estimated to be about 150 years old or that's at least what everybody says so who knows it may be even older than that. During all these stories being told mostly every time an old man of some sorts mostly called crazy and a maniac is mentioned. The old man supposedly louers little children to the old wicked home to kill them, and of course like anyone would probably would be I was extremely skeptical about these claims. These stories are told numerous amounts of times but no one even has a tiny bit of proof for the stories so I wanted to be the first one to go and check the house to see if it was as scary as they say and I was willing to risk a lot of things to do it.

It was a foggy night on Halloween Many think that the barrier between our world and the underworld are at the weakest point well let's find out Me and my friends love Halloween we can be anyone or anything for only one day out of the year.Every year me and my friends lucy,who is a more scientific person believes every thing should be proven she has black hair blue eyes Parker,wants some money he has blond hair and green eyes and Eleanor is a scaredy cat she has white hair and brown eyes.we take a trip to my parents cabin in the louisiana swamp It is great this time of year because we always go looking for unusual things out of this world things paranormal things. We always see something but you never let them see you!