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Halloween Halloween, is an international 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. Irish immigrants carried versions of the tradition to North America in the nineteenth century. Other western countries embraced the holiday in the late twentieth century. Halloween is celebrated in several countries of the Western world, most commonly in the United States, Canada, Ireland, Puerto Rico, Japan, New Zealand, United Kingdom and occasionally in parts of Australia. In Sweden the All Saints' official holiday takes place on the first Saturday of November

DO YOU KNOW THAT? Halloween (or Hallowe'en) is an annual holiday observed on October 31, which commonly includes activities such as trick-or-treating, attending costume parties, carving jack-o'-lanterns, bonfires, apple bobbing, visiting haunted attractions, playing pranks, telling scary stories, and watching horror films. 墨西哥人认为，鬼魂和人一样需要及时行乐，所以鬼节宛若一场嘉年华会，人们带着面具到处游走，吃骷髅形状的糖，面包上还装饰有鬼的形像。黄昏时刻，全家人一起到墓园清理墓地，妇女们或跪或坐整夜祈祷，男人们交谈或唱歌，在子夜中烛光忽闪忽灭充满了整个墓园，游唱歌者为已逝亡者的灵魂高歌吟唱。

HOMOROUS MESSAGE 已经倾慕你好久好久了，从见到你的第一天起，我就决定非你不嫁。你知道吗？我在阴间好寂寞呀万圣节来陪我好吗？ 　　别以为我忘了你，比如说今天－－万圣节，我第一个想起的就是你，因为你跟鬼是亲戚嘛！祝你节日乐翻天! 　　原谅我在万圣节之夜把你的手机号码告诉了一个陌生人，我也是被逼的啊，他说他叫钟馗，还说你有什么事，都可以帮你实现！ 　　亲爱的，我一直想拜孙悟空为师学降妖除怪，这样可以让我在万圣节保护你，什么妖魔鬼怪统统放马过来! 只要有我在，你将永远快乐！ 　　想你可又害怕见到你，也许你正在哪个角落默默地注视着我，我鼓起勇气抚摸了你那没有下巴的脸蛋，啊，鬼啊！

ACTIVITIES 　In the 1800s, as a lot of people emigrated to the U.S., the holidays and traditions of different cultures merged. Halloween was not always a happy time. October 31, or the night before took on other names. Some called it Devil's or Hell night, to others it was mischief night. Here in Vermont, the night before is called cabbage night. To some people this became a time to play tricks on others. Some of these tricks were not fun at all. Luckily, community groups and individuals took action and started to change Halloween into a family event. Dressing up in costumes and going ”trick or treating“, costume parades, community parties and Fall festivals are some of the ways that Halloween is celebrated today.

不给糖就捣乱 　　万圣节的一个有趣内容是“Trick or treat（不给糖就捣乱 ）”，这习俗却并非源自爱尔兰，而是始于公元九世纪的欧洲基督教会。那时的11月2日，被基督徒们称为 “ALL SOULS DAY”（万灵之日）。在这一天，信徒们跋涉于僻壤乡间，挨村挨户乞讨用面粉及葡萄干制成的“灵魂之饼”。据说捐赠糕饼的人家都相信教会僧人的祈祷，期待由此得到上帝的佑护，让死去的亲人早日进入天堂。这种挨家乞讨的传统传至当今竟演变成了孩子们提着南瓜灯笼挨家讨糖吃的游戏。见面时，打扮成鬼精灵模样的孩子们千篇一律地都要发出“不请客就要捣乱（不给糖就捣蛋）”的威胁，而主人自然不敢怠慢，忙声说“请吃！请吃！”同时把糖果放进孩子们随身携带的大口袋里。还有一种习俗，就是每家都要在门口放很多南瓜灯，如果不请客（不给糖） ，孩子们就踩烂他一个南瓜灯。

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