Halloween on October 31st year, is the English world traditional festival The children wear makeup, wear masks, door-to-door collect candy.It is celebrated in much of the Western world, though most common in the United States, Puerto Rico, Republic of Ireland, the United Kingdom, Canada, and with increasing popularity in Australia and New Zealand. Halloween originated in Ireland as the pagan Celtic harvest festival, Samhain. Irish, Scots and other immigrants brought older versions of the tradition to North America in the 19th century
万圣节在10月31日,是英国的世界传统节日。孩子们穿着化妆,戴口罩,挨家挨户地收集糖果。它在西方很多地方都很有名,虽然在美国、波多黎各、爱尔兰共和国、英国、加拿大和我都很常见。在澳大利亚和新西兰都很受欢迎。万圣节起源于爱尔兰作为异教徒凯尔特收获节,萨姆哈因。爱尔兰、苏格兰和其他移民在十九世纪把传统的旧版本带到了北美洲。
万圣节又叫诸圣节,在每年的11月1日,是西方的传统节日;而万圣节前夜的10月31日是这个节日最热闹的时刻。在中文里,常常把万圣节前夜(Halloween)讹译为万圣节(All Saints' Day)。为庆祝万圣节的来临,小孩会装扮成各种可爱的鬼怪向逐家逐户地敲门,要求获得糖果,否则就会捣蛋。而同时传说这一晚,各种鬼怪也会装扮成小孩混入群众之中一起庆祝万圣节的来临,而人类为了让鬼怪更融洽才装扮成各种鬼怪。
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