Trick-or-treating known as the nationwide holiday of Halloween. Taken place on the day of October thirty first. A day full of costumes, candy and good vibes. Seen as the day where nearly everyone no matter the age can enjoy. A holiday that can bring a community together. While many might not see a problem in trick-or-treating, a few people around the world do, and are looking to put an age restriction on this special day. Local governments should not put a age restriction on trick-or-treating because criminal activity may increase with bored teens,and Halloween might be the only day that struggling kids feel normal. Putting an age restriction on this holiday leaves a big risk of increasing the criminal activity on that special night. Many teenagers still participate in the Halloween activities. If they didn't what else could they be doing on that night? Putting a restriction on this day would cause kids to find something else to entertain them which may result in bad decisions. When teenagers get bored they tend to make rebellious decisions. For instance last Halloween a boy that went by “Johnny” around the age of 15. His parents had told him he was too old to participate in trick-or-treating, that same night out of …show more content…
Halloween is the only holiday nearly everyone world wide comes together. Making those that are ill feel normal about life again. Timothy Jones , age 17 diagnosed with stage four cancer. Most of his days are spent on the inside in a uncontaminated area. However on Halloween night all of that changes, he is able to be normal. Going out with his friends and family collecting not only candy but good memories full of laughter and joy. Putting an age restriction this day could hurt kids just like Timothy worldwide. This day is probably the only chance given for them to feel normal again. Everyone deserves to enjoy Halloween no matter the
Halloween was not supposed to be like that, it was supposed to be more like when I was a kid. Houses would be decorated, jack-o-lanterns would be sitting near doors, and
The poem “Halloween” does such a great job at conveying that image of trick or treating. This poem takes into account the nostalgic feeling one gets when looking back at past memories such as this. Going door to door dressed in your favorite outfit. The use of imagery is so strong it is easy to be right there almost as if it were yesterday. The poet Mac Hammond writes “Kids come, beckoned by / Fingers of shadows on leaf-strewn lawns / To trick or treat” (15-17). This goes on to describe the pull and excitement a child gets when arriving at a house. The shadows of the owners Halloween decorations are cast onto the fall lawn, calling children to the front door. Not only does this give the reader an image of the fall weather, but of the Halloween decorations on someone’s house. Children tend to be drawn towards homes with decorations because it feels more welcoming. Therefore, this is where the beckoning feeling comes from. Not only does Hammond do a wonderful job by using imagery, but also the sound personified in this poem is
The next thing I would like to talk about is Halloween, I love Halloween, it’s my second
La Dia de los Muertos also known as Day of the Dead is celebrated in Latin America and Mexico like Halloween is celebrated in the United States. Both of these holidays celebrate celebrate spirits. Day of the Dead and Halloween share many similarities and differences between the history, food, and clothing they wear.
Late autumn has arrived and with it comes the dark magic of Halloween--and, of course, the
Everybody celebrates Halloween, but some people might celebrate the spooky holiday in a variety of ways. Most people celebrate this holiday by going door to door asking the greeters for candy while in their costumes. Others may see the night as an advantage to play pranks on others or even to create public haunted houses or haunted trails. For people that like to hold public events, they may create costume parties. For those that are either lazy or they just don’t want to participate in the events, they may spend the night by staying in their houses and doing an activity of their own. Most do not know this, but Halloween was originally a holiday to honor loved ones who passed.
What is Day of the Dead? Day of the Dead (Spanish: Día de Muertos) is a Mexican holiday celebrated on November 1 and November 2 in Mexico and in Latin America. On Day of the Dead family and friends gather to pray for and remember friends and family members who have passed away, and help support their spiritual journey. During Day of the Dead food, products, mood, and customs play a big part. I think that Halloween and Day of the Dead are different and similar in many ways.
When Halloween approaches, I feel the air becoming cooler and the nights becoming longer. Clouds over lap the moon creating an eerie look in the sky. Children grow more and more excited to put on their costumes, and they spend one night out of the whole year going door to door getting free candy. As I have grown up over the years, Halloween is celebrated differently for me. I always notice that even though it is celebrated differetly the people haven’t changed and that’s what makes it memorable.
A lot of people have this mind aspect of it being a holiday just like Halloween.
First things first, let’s talk about the food! On The Day of The Dead, the Mexicans who celebrate this holiday eat many things including something called ‘el pan de muerto.” This round, sweet bread is essential when celebrating the day of the dead. Another dish eaten is something called mole. This is a spicy chocolate sauce that is eaten on this holiday or even on a normal day. Onto Halloween, this holiday is mainly celebrated in America and involves lots of sweets that children eat. Nothing on this holiday is homemade and everything thing is
Pumpkins play a big role in Halloween. People use them for all sorts of things like making pumpkin spice flavored foods and drinks. The cookies made on this day vary in shapes and sizes. Americans like to decorate their treats like bats, pumpkins, ghosts, or anything that symbolizes Halloween. Many people also make cakes and candies that they decorate to fit the theme of Halloween. The Day of the Dead has a traditional bread called Pan de los Muertos which means bread of the dead. This bread is typically shaped like a skull. Mexicans also make white colored skull candies, but every person decorates it with color to make it prettier. People usually cook any favorite foods for their loved ones that have gone to the after world. They place these foods on the altar, and after a certain time, the families eat
My 29 year old brother was born on october 31.(we still can’t decide whether he is a trick or a treat) . He was born with a disorder called asperger's which is a form of autism. He was also born with an obsession for haunted houses. Every halloween he begged my mom to let us go to the nightmare factory set up by the salem oregon deaf school. The nightmare factory is a very popular haunted house that thousands of people from all over the country travel to oregon to experience the thrill.
It's a tradition for my sister and I to make our Halloween costumes together and carve pumpkins - you know, the whole nine yards. Sometimes our dad would help, but usually it was just us and the dog outside. We would constantly be covered in some kind of paint or dye, whether it be fake blood, face paint, fabric paint, or some years even tea. (We got creative.) The costumes ended up being cool,
The Chinese New Year is fifteen days long and each day involves a different custom based off of a different ideology such as cleaning your house will wipe away the bad luck of the preceding year. Halloween although originating in Ireland, was carried to other countries and is now often seen as an equivalent to the popular Day of the Dead Celebration in Mexico. Although, Day of the Dead is about celebrating dead loved ones, the act of dressing up in costumes happens in both celebrations. Halloween follows the ideology that children dress up in costumes and go collect candy from people’s houses whereas day of the dead is centered around the ideology that for one night dead loved ones can be reunited with their families. Easter and the popular Jewish holiday Passover are often seen as the same thing because they fall around the same thing and both celebrate spring. All around the world countries celebrate independence days that are on different days but they all represent relatively the same thing. But, different countries hold different ideologies for their independence days. For
A false sense of security exists as one of the disadvantages of teenage curfews. Parents assume that when they force their children home at a certain time, they will not participate in anything immoral, but that is not always true. The Aspen Education Group states, “While a teenager staying out late can cause issues, it’s important not to use a curfew as a general answer to these possible problems” (Hatter 1). In realization, if teenagers obtain the desire to involve themselves in corrupt acts, they will find a way to do so no matter the time. Teenagers would feel more pressured to sneak out if their friends were participating in something that they could not be a part of due to their curfew. If parents rely on curfews to protect their children from negative activities, they will eventually notice teenagers contain their own willpower (Hatter 1).