Trick-or-treating Essays

Mumming and guising, which closely resembles what we see today as trick-or-treating, involved visiting houses in costume or disguise to sing songs in exchange for food. If the people were not welcome, they would partake in troublesome behaviour such as throwing turnips and apples at houses. Costumes were also thought to be worn

Hallie Blake Evans sighed unhappily as she looked down at the crumpled Halloween costume sketches on her bed. Hallie had not exactly drawn them well, but even Vincent Van Gogh himself could not have made her sketches look decent. No matter how hard Hallie tried, she just was not very creative. What self-respecting seventh grader went as a fairy princess on Halloween anyway? She gave the sketches one final, disgusted glance before sweeping them all into the wastebasket next to her desk. Her phone

Halloween is the holiday of spooky, it’s scary and mysterious. We go dress up in our favorite costume and either go, trick or treat, pass candy out, or scare and prank people, it’s pretty fun. We decorate our houses creatively and some people even have a halloween parties. Not all see halloween like that. I’m also going to show you the money spent on halloween which if insane if you add them up. Jack O’ lanterns are very popular. People clean then from the inside and make drawings on the front

Halloween Journal For my journal I am choosing C; my most fun halloween ever. I can’t recall how long ago this was but it was a few years ago. One year when we thought we were too old to still go “trick or treating” all of my friends and I still dressed up and decorated a house just to get in the sprit of things. It all started at Gillian’s house, her mom had bought hair spray paint for us to do anything we wanted with. Of course we HAD to find something to us it on, so what else to use it

Persuasive Essay Should there be an age limit for trick or treating? With all honesty I think that there shouldn’t be an age limit for children to go trick or treating. But i do think that there needs to be a certain time that older kids go and then a certain time for the younger ones. Also i don't feel that babies 1-3 weeks or younger need to be out in the cold. Truly I would do all the little ones when it's not cold, like in the afternoon. Then you can do the bigger ones later on that night.

child go by himself. You try to contact him but you can't get a hold of him. What would you do now? This is a biggest conflict during halloween. You should also advise with your children so this story doesn’t comes to reality and stop trick or treating. Trick or treating is pointless. All you get for the tireless walking is candy. And sometimes not even candy! Toothbrushes and apples, anyone? But candy can give you diabetes. Seriously, with the amount of candy that you consume in the few days following

Halloween is one of the oldest holidays and is celebrated in different and unique ways all around the world. Here in the US we commonly associate Halloween with odd costumes, candy, and trick or treating. However, in Mexico Halloween takes on a whole new meaning. In fact, it doesn’t even have the same name. In Mexico Halloween is called Dia de la Brujas which is the day for children and is followed by Dia de los Muertos which means day of the dead. Dia de la Brujas more closely resembles how we celebrate

lanterns, going trick or treating, decorating houses with a spooky theme, watching horror

over the years. The traditional traditions include: trick-or-treating, pumpkin carving, parties, pranking other people, dressing up in costumes, watching scary movies, and going to haunted houses. “I think pranking is pretty fun and then going with friends and doing it, that’s fun. I think it’s fun being with friends and having fun,” Michaela Eldridge (11) said. Students’ plans for Halloween vary between pranking other students, trick-or-treating, going to haunted attractions, hanging out with friends

“Trick or treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat!” Many people have sung, as a joke for the most part, in hopes to get something sweet. But have people always sang this chime? Halloween has changed, there is no doubt about it. Halloween wouldn’t even be recognizable if one was to go back in time. Halloween is a day full of spirits, demons, and candy. From the start to now, a lot is to be uncovered, there is even a special day just before halloween called Devil’s night. Did you know

Once in a chilly halloween day in Keating Ville, there were four kids who were going Trick-or-Treating. They all dressed up in their favorite costumes. Joey was a soccer player, Kevin was a hockey player, Myles was a football player, and Paul was a pink bunny. They all left Myles’s house at about 4:00 to go Trick-or-Treating. About an hour later Paul had to go to the bathroom. He told his friends to wait up for him, but they didn’t listen. They kept on going, and told Paul to catch up to them when

and is what Halloween is known for around the world. In America, people associate Halloween with the practice of trick-or-treating in which kids go knock on doors around their neighborhoods saying “trick-or-treat!” in the hope that they will receive candy. The way the tradition goes is that if the kids don’t receive candy (treats) then instead they will do some sort of prank (tricks) as a punishment for them not receiving candy however this

Happy Halloween! By Teresa Schatz, Randi Miick, Elizabeth Castillo The colors are bright, the dead come alive, and the cool air is freezing. Halloween is a fun time of the year to have fun and show others your creative and unique costumes; each costume is a part of that person and their personality. Halloween originally was a holiday to ward off ghost and unwanted spirits. Most aspects of the tradition are thought to have originated from Celtic in the British Isles, who were celebrating the feast

people that go to her school. Couple days passed and it was finally Halloween. Kids were getting ready to go trick or treating. The teens were getting ready to go also until Angelica caught a glimpse of something. She was gonna go see, but she thought that it would be safer if her friends came with her. When she got to her friends house there were a lot of people there going trick or treating. She told them what she saw, but they had no clue what she was talking

celebration with carved pumpkins, colorful leaves and the ghosts and ghoulies just for fun. 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

Halloween or day (/ˌhæləˈwiːn, -oʊˈiːn, ˌhɑːl-/; a contraction of "All Hallows ' Evening"),[5] additionally called Allhalloween,[6] All Hallows ' Eve,[7] or All Saints ' Eve,[8] could be a yearly celebration ascertained during a variety of nations on thirty one October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows ' Day. It begins the three-day observance of Allhallowtide,[9] the time within the rite year dedicated to memory the dead, as well as saints (hallows), martyrs, and every one the

tomkeys daily life , as it was like a television show for him . On the night of halloween the young boy was patiently waiting for the tomkeys but they failed to show up for candy until the day after Halloween. The Tomkeys knocked on their door trick or treating a day late.. The mother demanded to give them candy but the young boy was selfish and greedy , he did it want to give up his candy to the Tomkeys.The mother of the young boy then said “You should look at yourself. I mean really look at yourself”

refused, you would risk getting cursed or haunted. However, the risk of refusing to give out treats to these small supernatural creatures is to face the wrath of angry children which might be even more dangerous. However due to the nature of trick-or-treating with children normally going door to door unsupervised, the candy obtained predominantly going unchecked or eaten during the journey, there is danger of tainted halloween candy. There have been kidnappings and incidents where poison or sharp

The Day of the Dead and Halloween are alike in many ways. During the Day of the Dead, people dress in costumes and celebrate their dead loved ones returning to them. Similarly, on Halloween, people also dress in costumes and go “Trick or Treating”. Both holidays also come from Catholic roots, and believe the veil between the living and dead worlds is thinnest on these days. During the Day of the Dead celebrations, people cook, eat, and have a party, similar to what others do on Halloween. The two

Teachers reveal on past Halloweens Halloween told by teachers’ point of view 
“It was one spooky Halloween night, when my brother and I went trick or treating with our friends. We cut through a cemetery, where only the moonlight light our path. We were calmly walking when we heard spine-chilling noises coming closer. We all ran, but unfortunately I had dropped my candy bag. My brother took the brave decision to go back and get it,” told Mr. Cockerham. With Halloween festivity right around the corner