Research Paper On Halloween

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.

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.

Samhainophobia is the fear of Halloween, and it affects people of all ages and ethnicities. When a fear, even a fear that starts off as rational, becomes intense and irrational to the point one goes into shock or cannot think it is considered a phobia. This particular phobia is one of the more common phobias, but it can still be fairly hard to diagnose. Samhainophobia is thought to affect eleven percent of people. To truly understand why this fear affects so many different people and age groups, it is imperative that one understands the history behind Halloween as well as the reasons behind fear itself and how it affects people, what treatments are effective and available to the general public.

The Celtic people would have huge bonfire celebrations in which they dressed up in costumes and wore masks to mimic and appease the spirits.”

It was October 31st, 1999, one windy, cold, and dark Halloween night. Three friends, McKenzie, Baylee, and Vanessa decided they wanted to stay home alone while Baylee’s parents were at work. She told everyone she lived in a “hell house” all her life because there was constantly something going on. Doors flying open, voices, footsteps. Nothing ever stayed where they had put it. Her parents worked all the time and she was constantly terrified. On Halloween it tended to get worse but no one had ever believed her.

We all went trick-or-treating for 1 hour, although I did see something that sorta freaked me out, a man with a scythe who seemed to lurk near us. We were headed back to the gas station to get some eggs, to perform the ritual of egging a house on Halloween. We walked all the way back to the neighborhood after we got them, throwing the eggs at the house

Until the 1960's, the majority of the children used to wear Halloween outfits made by their moms. This was principally in light of the fact that the dresses that children wore in those days were for the most part straightforward outfits and plastic or paper veils that made a child show up like apparition, witch, sovereign, princess or pixie. Kids Halloween outfits have progressed beyond anyone's expectations from that point forward. They are accessible in entire loads of assortments today from conventional Halloween ensembles to some awe inspiring outfits focused around different subjects and characters. The kids' outfits can be purchased today focused around their most loved toon character, mainstream superhero and the scariest of the outsiders, and so forth.

“Look i found a gate so we can get out of here” said, Lilly. Sadly it was looked the girls started to cry. But then they seen a man. The girls went up to him asked him if he could help them. The strange man agreed to help them. So he showed them the way to get home.

Halloween is supposed to be a scary celebration and therefore, when thinking about patio Halloween decorations, we all think about spooky and creepy ornaments. Although there are a great number of innovative Halloween decorations, there are some essential ones, without which the look may look incomplete, such as pumpkins or candles. The scary thrill of walking into a patio with horrifying decorations is a must when the Halloween is approaching. Here you will find some very creative patio Halloween decoration that will definitely scare your family and friends.

Halloween has gone through many changes since it first began. Once, Halloween was a grave time and considered a foreboding sign of the coming of winter. However, over the centuries Halloween has been modernized into a fun and festive time of year for many people, especially for Americans. People of all ages are all able to contribute to Halloween. Millions of Americans spend massive amounts of money every year on Halloween decorations, costumes, and candy.

With Halloween coming near, we all get busy preparing for all the excitement it brings along with it. Everybody in the family including your pet doggy is all excited about Halloween. Earlier, families having pets would leave them at home because of lack of Halloween dog costumes available in the market. Today all dog lovers are so enthusiastic about their pets taking part in Halloween celebrations as part of their own family. There are many pet parades and competitions arranged during this festive time and everyone loves to dress up their dog as per the festivity. In fact, one need not go far searching for the right Halloween dog costumes for their furry friends as the Internet is full of creative dog boutiques that specialize in such costumes and more.

As I was walking back from school with my friends, Will and Alex, we were talking about what we were going to do tonight for Halloween. The teachers seem to be really concerned about us, telling us not to go by ourselves but rather go in big groups or with our parents for trick or treating, like were 13, we can handle ourselves. Mr. Robert our history teacher was telling all the kids that he hates Halloween because it symbolizes the devil and demons. He was yelling at another student, I forgot her name but she was saying that she was going to dress up as the devil and try to summon other demons he was not having it, he kicked her out immediately. As she was leaving she said something weird speaking gibberish something like “Ligandum eos

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!

“In the year of 1989, there was a street named Elm, in the state of Wyoming. Few chose to live on that street, and they all knew about the haunted house, up on the hill, on the west side of town, coming off of Elm. Once, I spent the week with some friends and, Halloween came upon us, while I stayed with them.” I was telling my first-grade brother and his friends stories to scare them out of their wits. Besides, no one wants little kids tagging along with you to go trick or treating, when you could go with your friends to Haunted Houses, and not ones set up by the town hall. “We were just about to pass the house, not thinking anything of it, when we heard a moan coming from Old Man Reaper’s house.” Their eyes grew wide with fear. Mr. G.