halloween is an autumn holiday that americans celebrate every year. it means "holy evening，" and it comes every october 31， the evening before all saints' day. however， it is not really a church holiday， it is a holiday for children mainly.

every autumn， when the vegetables are ready to eat， children pick large orange pumpkins. then they cut faces in the pumpkins and put a burning candle inside. it looks as if there were a person looking out of the pumpkin！ these lights are called jack-o'-lanterns， which means "jack of the lantern".

the children also put on strange masks and frightening costumes every halloween. some children paint their faces to look like monsters. then they carry boxes or bags from house to house. every time they come to a new house， they say，"trick or treat！ money or eat！" the grown-ups put treat-money or candy in their bags.

not only children， but most grown-ups also love halloween and halloween parties because on this day，they can disguise themselves as personages or ghost as their imaginations will lead them. this bring them the satisfaction of being young.

fire red, summer‘s dead,

yet shall it return.

clear and bright in the night,

burn, fire, burn!

dance the ring, luck to bring,

when the year‘s aturning.

chant the rhyme at hallowstime,

when the fire‘s burning.

fire glow, vision show

of the heart‘s desire,

when the spell‘s chanted well

of the witching fire.

dance the ring, luck to bring,

when the year‘s aturning.

chant the rhyme at hallowstime,

when the fire‘s burning.

fire spark, when nights are dark,

makes our winter‘s mirth.

red leaves fall, earth takes all,

brings them to rebirth.

dance the ring, luck to bring,

when the year‘s aturning.

chant the rhyme at hallowstime,

when the fire‘s burning.

fire fair, earth and air,

and the heaven‘s rain,

and blessed be, and so may we,

at hallowstide again.

dance the ring, luck to bring,

when the year‘s aturning.

chant the rhyme at hallowstime,

when the fire‘s burning.

英语万圣节作文篇2

tiny ghost—like dolls hang from trees， big plastic spiders sit on rooftops and bloody plastic hands reach out from gravestones…are you ready for the scariest night of the year？

october 31 is halloween， one of the most popular festivals in the us， canada and britain。 the festival began as a day to remember the dead。 but nowadays it's all about the carnival atmosphere when people can enjoy dressing up and scaring each other。

halloween is one of children's favourite nights of the year。 they dress up as monsters and go to their neighbours'houses。 knocking on the door they shout： "trick or treat！" of course， usually people give them "treats" － a like sweets and chocolates。 but， if you don't， you can expect a prank such as having your car windows soaped or your garbage cans turned over。

halloween is also a time for masquerade parties。 witches fly in on broomsticks， while ghosts and skeletons chat on the dance floor。

you can even dress up as a famous monster like dracula！ the motto is： "the scarier， the better。" 。”

even making halloween food should be like casting a spell or mixing a magic drink。 in britain， people drink "witch's mix"， made with apple， orange， grape and berry juice。 children also enjoy "halloween worms，" made from egg noodles。 and how do you like the sound of "eye—balls"？ don't worry， they're made with scoops of chocolate and vanilla ice cream， shaped like human eyes。 skeleton—shaped cookies are equally popular。

a well—known halloween tradition is to make lanterns from pumpkins， called "jack—o—lanterns"。 first， the inside of the pumpkin is removed。 then， a face is cut into the pumpkin， traditionally a smiling， devil face。 finally a candle is placed inside， and the lantern is put at the front of the house to keep evil spirits away。

besides pumpkin cutting， "apple—bobbing" is another popular game。 several apples are put floating in water in a big bucket。 children have their hands tied behind their backs。 they have to try to pick the apples out of the water using only their mouths。 of course， people get very wet and it is very funny to watch。

英语万圣节作文篇3

when the harvest moon rises on october 31, little hobgoblins, spooky ghosts, ghoulish witches and gremlins — their young faces hidden behind grotesque masks — will go forth to frighten friends and neighbors and to threaten them with trick or treat .

halloween (aii hallows eve) as the name implies, is a nighttime holiday, the one night in the year when the child‘s world turns to pure fantasy. children take all the lead parts while parents and other adults play the supporting roles. encouraged by teachers and merchants and the remembrance of the good time they had the earlier year, children (from 3 to 11 years old) start preparing their costumes and halloween decorations weeks ahead. although parents help the children very much prepare the costumes, on halloween they must pretend to be frightened by the masked visions that suddenly appear. there will be little witches in long black dresses with tall-pointed hats and magic broomsticks to carry them over the rooftops — to a neighbor‘s house in the next block. ghosts in sheets run with tell-tale sneakers and half socks showing; and terrible pirates with skull and cross-bones painted on their three-cornered hats. some carry jack-o‘-lanterns but all carry bags or unicef boxes marked trick or treat, which fill up very fast.

teenagers have their fun playing tricks that sometimes get rather rough. they throw eggs or tomatoes at passing motorists , mark up windows and windshields with hard-to-erase candle wax, roll pumpkins down long hills, carry away porch furniture and garbage can covers, engrave graffiti on fences, or do whatever bad things occur to them as they go around looking for ways to let off steam. police officers are alert but they only arrest those caught doing real damage. in most communities there are school dances or block parties to help redirect the energies of the youthful pranksters. business firms offer prizes for the best costumes and recreation directors help plan the party, but the young people themselves take charge of the entertainment and the decorations — a necessary part of halloween. dried corn stalks, pumpkin faces, and piles of apples create the harvest atmosphere; and cutouts of witches on their brooms, goblins, ghosts and black cats symbolize the witchcraft aspect of the holiday. the freshments — apple cider, popcorn and pumpkin pie, and witches made of spicy ginger cookies — also carry out both themes.

there is an occasional adult halloween dance in a bright orange and black setting, with paper-made black cats, witches and grinning skeletons floating above the dance floor. but halloween has become mainly a young people‘s holiday — and the younger the child the more exciting he finds it.

英语万圣节作文篇4

in the 31 october each year is traditionally the "halloween" - halloween. but this day the atmosphere was much like its name sounds like people on the "creepy." when halloween comes, the children will not wait to wear the colorful costume, wearing strange masks, carrying a lantern "jack lamp" channeling family households, the adults ask for holiday gifts. the most well-known symbol of halloween is what these two - fantastic "jack light" and "do not you eat to make trouble" prank.

"jack light" looks very cute, practice is also very simple. hollowed out the pumpkin, then carve out eyes and smiling mouth, and then plug in the melon with a candle, lit it, people far away can see the smiling faces of this charmingly naive. this is the kids favorite plaything.

however, the highlight of halloween is on the table, you not only good food to be prepared to entertain those who come to trouble the "little devil", but also in this special holiday dress for your table some. do not let your guests look down upon you!

year, the most "haunted" that night, all kinds of ghosts and goblins, pirates, alien visitors, and witches who have deployed. before the christian era, the celtics held a ceremony in the summer did not appreciate the grace of god and the sun. soothsayer then ignited and witchcraft is said to ward off demons wandering around strange. later, the romans used to celebrate the nuts and apple harvest festival and celtic fusion of october 31. in the middle ages, people wear animal shaped dress, wearing scary halloween masks is to drive in the ghost in the night. although it has been replaced by the celtic and roman christianity religious activities, the early practices or preserved. now, the childreen with all kinds of jokes on the psychological wear costumes and masks for halloween party, the ball often hung around the walls papered with witches, black cats, ghosts and skeletons, the window and the doorway is a hanging growl liezui or terrifying pumpkin lanterns. children often try to bite the hanging apple.

英语万圣节作文篇5

celtic believed that the sun god helped them grow crops. but each year the sun god is attacked by an evil force called samhain and spent six months in captivity. samhain, and two other titles, "lord of dead" and "prince of darkness", came to celtic land with cold and dark winters.

the celts are very afraid of the night of october 31, because they feel like there's a bunch of evil souls lurking everywhere. they set fire to their home to let evil spirits leave their homes. (the last untranslated paragraph was that the flames could frighten the ghost away.) they believed samhain had called the dead, and they believed that samhain would turn the dead into something else, like a cat. the celts will be disguising their evil spirits with terrible disguises. (this is the prototype for halloween.)

then rome took over the celtic lands and put the roman holiday together with the celtic samhain festival on october 31, and it was now halloween.

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