This week, I will be talking about Halloween and what I did. For the last couple of years, I have stopped going out tricker treating. Instead, I now hand out candy to the kids. The first tricker treater appeared right after dinner which I thought was a bit early. After a few tricker treaters, I had my set up ready. The set up consisting of my laptop, headphones, and my phone. In between visits from ticker treaters, I would open my laptop and continue my little pet project while listening to music. Most of the tricker treaters were very young kids, maybe 5-10. On the other hand, there where that occasional Redstone or Richmond green student. Some notable people who visited were friends like Sammy, Abby, and Aaron. Aaron’s visit was the weirdest because he didn’t come for candy, he came to talk to my brother. During my time of giving out candy I saw a lot of costumes, and I believe some of the better ones where the younger kids. The reason I think this is because they were so cute. At some point during my giving out candy duty, Daddy left to buy a new iPhone case, Aunty Michelle came to visit, and other events occurred. Overall, my Halloween seems uneventful but I still enjoyed it.
Since my Halloween, was so uneventful. I will talk about the history of Halloween and some interesting facts. Halloween started in Britain as a Celtic pagan holiday. Prior to researching, I thought Halloween was so similar to Mexico’s day of the dead there would be a connection. Apparently, I was wrong, and there isn’t any historical connection. However, the reason for celebrating is quite similar. The Celtics believed during the period of Halloween, ghosts of the dead would come and haunt them. The candy part comes from the celts giving the ghosts candy or whatever they had at the time to make the ghost go away. The iconic costumes of today had a use in the original holiday as well. After dark, the Celtics feared the ghosts so they wore masks to hide there identity. After researching, I feel the original Halloween was celebrated out superstitious fear. It makes me question how Halloween became a fun festive celebration it is today. Finally, I will end on an interesting fact. Prior to giving out candy, I mentioned to mommy how we could put turnips outside jokingly. However, I was right in a sense, the first jack’o lantern were made from turnips. I found this quite funny because this meant the books I read in my spare time are somewhat historically accurate.
Overall, I had a fun Halloween. It might not be eventful but fun nonetheless. I enjoyed my time working on the project, giving out candy, and all of the other activities. I also enjoyed looking through articles and researching Halloween. It still makes me laugh thinking about how I got the turnip thing right without any prior research. In the end, I just wish more people came to our house though because now we have a lot of candy left over.