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When is Halloween a holiday?

Halloween (All Hallow's Day) is a Western ghost festival, the time is every year on the calendar of November 1, the celebration began on the evening of October 31, known as Halloween Eve (Halloween). At present as long as popular in some countries that speak customary English.

1, Halloween is a Western ghost festival

It is a Western ghost festival

Every year on November 1 is the Western Halloween. October 31 is the eve of Halloween. It is usually called the night before Halloween (All Hallows' Eve). Halloween is a ghost festival in the West. It is a traditional holiday in Western countries. This night is the most "haunted" night of the year, so it is also called "ghost festival". On Halloween, Western children will dress up in a variety of horror or make pumpkin lamps, these customs, most of which are related to some ancient religions.

The night before Halloween means "holy night". Today, Halloween has become one of the most popular and favorite festivals of the year, celebrated with great enthusiasm by many Westerners.

Halloween, which falls on October 31st, is said to have been a celebration of autumn, just as Maypole was a celebration of spring. The Druids, the ancient priests of Gaul, Britain and Ireland, had a great festival in praise of autumn, which began at midnight on October 31 and lasted all day until the following day, November 1st.

2, Halloween must not know phrases

Trick or treat

Treat or make bad

The child screamed when it confronted the man in the halloween costume. The child screamed when it confronted the man in the halloween costume.

Older boys put us up to pointing the statue red on Halloween.

Older boys directed us to paint the statue red on Halloween.

The jack-o-lantern is the symbol of Halloween.

The jack-o-lantern is the symbol of Halloween.

Children make Halloween decorations: a variety of orange pumpkin lanterns.

On the eve of All Hallows, Oct. 31,

On the eve of All Hallows, Oct. 31.

Few holidays tap into the American psyche so close- ly as Halloween.

No holiday is closer to the American psyche than the eve of Halloween.

People use me to make a jack-o-lantern on Halloween.

People use me to make "ghost fires" on Halloween.