Halloween - All Hallows' Even (both "even" and "eve" are abbreviations of "evening") as it is the eve of "All Hallows' Day" aka All Saints' Day; where the boundary between the living and the deceased dissolved, and the dead become dangerous for the living by causing problems such as sickness or damaged crops.
Now it is a holiday celebrated on October 31. Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, ghost tours, bonfires, costume parties, visiting haunted attractions, carving jack-o-lanterns, reading scary stories, and watching horror movies.
The name jack-o'-lantern can be traced back to the Irish legend of Stingy Jack, a greedy, gambling, hard-drinking old farmer. He tricked the devil into climbing a tree and trapped him by carving a cross into the tree trunk. In revenge, the devil placed a curse on Jack, condemning him to forever wander the earth at night with the only light he had: a candle inside of a hollowed turnip. Many families that celebrate Halloween carve a pumpkin into a frightening or comical face and place it on their doorstep after dark.
Watch out who knocks on your door/window...
it's Trick or Treat time!!
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