<h3>Halloween is a celebration observed in a number of countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows' Day.</h3> <h3>Class One's lantern show!</h3> <h3>Which one do you like best?</h3> <h3>It is widely believed that many Halloween traditions originated from ancient Celtic harvest festivals, particularly the Gaelic festival Samhain; that such festivals may have had pagan roots; and that Samhain itself was Christianized as Halloween by the early Church.Some believe, however, that Halloween began solely as a Christian holiday, separate from ancient festivals like Samhain.</h3> <h3>I am Devil Lantern! Look at my big eyes!</h3> <h3>ARE YOU SCARED?</h3> <h3>Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, attending Halloween costume parties, carving pumpkins into jack-o'-lanterns, lighting bonfires, apple bobbing, divination games, playing pranks, visiting haunted attractions, telling scary stories and watching horror films.</h3> <h3>I am a cool boy! Let me share my handmade JACK O' LANTERN with you!</h3> <h3>I just mix the two different cultures together! We celebrate the Halloween, but we should still memroize the Chinese culture!</h3> <h3>My lantern got many eyes! I am spying on you now!!!</h3> <h3>Enjoy my Halloween! </h3> <h3>My little devil!</h3> <h3>Different Faces! But the same HAPPINESS!</h3> <h3> In many parts of the world, the Christian religious observances of All Hallows' Eve, including attending church services and lighting candles on the graves of the dead, remain popular, although elsewhere it is a more commercial and secular celebration. Some Christians historically abstained from meat on All Hallows' Eve, a tradition reflected in the eating of certain vegetarian foods on this vigil day, including apples, potato pancakes, and soul cakes.</h3> <h3>Look at my monster!</h3> <h3>On All Hallows' Eve, many Western Christian denominations encourage abstinence from meat, giving rise to a variety of vegetarian foods associated with this day. A candy apple Because in the Northern Hemisphere Halloween comes in the wake of the yearly apple harvest, candy apples (known as toffee apples outside North America), caramel or taffy apples are common Halloween treats made by rolling whole apples in a sticky sugar syrup, sometimes followed by rolling them in nuts.</h3> <h3>I am shy. But I will make Halloween shine!</h3> <h3>It is so interesting to make my own LANTERN!</h3> <h3>Hey, which one do you prefer？</h3> <h3>The word Halloween or Hallowe'en dates to about 1745 and is of Christian origin.The word "Hallowe'en" means "hallowed evening" or "holy evening".It comes from a Scottish term for All Hallows' Eve (the evening before All Hallows' Day). In Scots, the word "eve" is even, and this is contracted to e'en or een. Over time, (All) Hallow(s) E(v)en evolved into Hallowe'en. Although the phrase "All Hallows'" is found in Old English "All Hallows' Eve" is itself not seen until 1556.</h3> <h3> In Scots, the word "eve" is even, and this is contracted to e'en or een. Over time, (All) Hallow(s) E(v)en evolved into Hallowe'en. Although the phrase "All Hallows'" is found in Old English "All Hallows' Eve" is itself not seen until 1556.</h3> <h3>Halloween is the evening before the Christian holy days of All Hallows' Day (also known as All Saints' or Hallowmas) on 1 November and All Souls' Day on 2 November, thus giving the holiday on 31 October the full name of All Hallows' Eve (meaning the evening before All Hallows' Day).Since the time of the early Church, major feasts in Christianity (such as Christmas, Easter and Pentecost) had vigils that began the night before, as did the feast of All Hallows'.These three days are collectively called Allhallowtide and are a time for honoring the saints and praying for the recently departed souls who have yet to reach Heaven.</h3>