Personal Narrative: The Other Land

“They didn 't want me to go but I wanted to,” Anna Sandrzyk says. Anna’s family was terrified of having their only daughter leave home at the young age of eighteen. Life in Europe was simple. There were little towns with miniature shops and farm land that spread across the landscapes of Slovakia like an enormous blanket. That just did not seem to be enough for Anna, she had a passion for traveling.

Kids of all ages go around and collect candy from people’s houses when they say the words ‘trick-or-treat!’. When coming to Dia de los Muertos celebration, you might see various people dressed up in costumes that look like skeletons. People, who celebrate this, paint their faces and necks to look like and skeleton. Men wear suits and women wear dresses. Halloween also uses costumes.

Halloween On October 31 every year we celebrate a holiday known as Halloween. Celebrating consists of traditional activities such as: trick-or-treating, haunted houses, dressing up as your favorite character, carving jack-o-lanterns. There’s tons of fun stuff to do on Halloween, but there’s tons of history behind it as well. For starters, did you know that in Ohio, Massachusetts, and Iowa Trick-or-treating is referred to as Beggars Night?

That is how I look at Halloween. Unfortunately here in Latvia they are not into this holiday and only children at school dress up but afterwards don’t go trick or treating and young adults enjoy going a bit crazy in the pubs in Riga. In the U.S. it is common to see carved pumpkins most everywhere and in some other parts of the world as well. There are also gourd-like orange fruits that get carved with ghoulish face and illuminated by candles.

People can tell the difference foods that people makes for Halloween and the Day of the Death. Mexicans common food in the Day of the Death is Pan De Muerto, sugar skull candies, Tamales, Atole, Mole Negro, Hot Chocolate, etc. in Halloween American people make pumpkin pies, cookies, cupcakes, candies, pumpkin seeds, etc. Finally, last topic I’m going to compare these two traditions is how people use decorations for this event.

While on the other hand, Halloween’s modern purpose is to go door to door in a costume asking for sweets in the common saying “Trick or Treat!”. The main traditions commonly practiced in this week is to visit deceased family members graves’, and leave food, spices, and even beautiful flowers in the hopes that the dead will be able to enjoy these luxuries for a short time. While Halloween is not as sophisticated as The Day of the Dead, it still has a few traditions to go along with it, such as dressing up and having celebrations. Moving on to the more specific specific parts of The Day of the Dead, the

Halloween is a time when many good and bad memories are created. I remember the importance of picking a costume when I was younger. I always wanted to be different and was afraid someone else would have the same costume. One year I found a cheap pirate costume at Walmart. I was excited to make my debut as a pirate when I saw three other girls had planned on wearing the same costume.

New traditions are invented because the old traditions adapt to the changing times around them. Halloween is a great example of an american tradition that has been reinvented many times throughout the years into a more modern form to accommodate with the changing times. Halloween as we know it today is a day that people get to dress up and go trick-or-treating but many people don’t know the real origin behind the date of October 31. Halloween’s origins dates all the way back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain. The Celts lived around 2,000 years ago in the area that is now known as Ireland.

Students’ plans for Halloween vary between pranking other students, trick-or-treating, going to haunted attractions, hanging out with friends, and staying home to watch scary movies and hand out candy. Avery Brown (11) is going to go to her grandmas house and make popcorn balls, and go to the Haunted Pirate Ship on Halloween. Tucker Henderson (12) said he is going to light up two giant metal pumpkins - one is a jack skeleton and the other is a normal jack-o-lantern. He said his family has been doing

It’s that time of year again: Halloween & the autumn season! Halloween is a very popular holiday for many families, particularly the kids! Look for some fun ideas below that will amuse you and the whole family, many of which can be done in the comfort of your house. If Halloween is a major holiday in your household, consider celebrating it all month long with the activity suggestions here, courtesy of Certified Roofing, top-quality roofing contractors serving Brevard County,

Halloween, which is short for All Hallows Eve, is celebrated annually on October 31st. It was not always like the Halloween that we know of today. Many traditions, in which we see now, were influenced by Christianity and the customs of festivals dating as far back as 2,000 years ago. It is thought to have originated from one of the four Gaelic seasonal festivals known as Samhain, which was celebrated in Celtic times across Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man. The festival of Samhain marked the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter or ‘darker months’, and also the celebration of the Celtic calendar new year.

This is Halloween The tell tale signs of an approaching Halloween include your favourite candies having undergone a spooky makeover, horror movie marathons on the television for you to watch alone (or are you?) late at night, haunted houses popping up seemingly out of nowhere and of course, who could forget the infamous jack-o-lanterns? Whether it 's the pumpkin spice lattes, the thrill of a scare or the candy for those with a sweet tooth, Halloween has something for everyone, even nature, whose leaves turn orange to match the colour scheme of the occasion. A day of candy and sweets makes Halloween one of the most anticipated holidays for both children and adults alike.

Halloween is nearing, and if you still haven't thought of costumes for the upcoming scare-fest, you might be wracking your brains for ideas that can't be beat. Unfortunately, many of us are really busy. As much as we would like to focus on Halloween costume hunting, there's such a thing as real life, and we all have to attend to work, chores, and errands. So when your kids come knocking at your bedroom door begging to get a Halloween costume on the morning of October 31st, you know you're in for it.

It’s Halloween everybody. That time of the year when you can wear anything you wish and not be considered goofy. It’s always tough to find that unique costume to wear on this boisterous day when kids eagerly go from door to door wearing their favorite costume and yell ‘ Trick-or-Treat’ to bag their favorite candy to munch on.

Attention Getter: I’m sure you have all heard the children’s rhyme that goes trick or treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat. Thesis: Today I will be telling you about the holiday that is just around the corner, Halloween! I will be sharing with you some facts that will help you understand the origins of this holiday.