Origin of Halloween

                Today, I’m going to share an origin of a holiday. The holiday I choose is Halloween. Halloween is celebrated on the night of October 31, but the date might vary in different countries.

                The purpose of celebrating Halloween is to remember the dead, including saints, martyrs, and all the faithful departed believers. Now think about Halloween, what’s the first thing that comes to your mind? For me, its trick or treat and Jack-o’-lanterns.

                The purpose of dressing up was an attempt to mimic the evil spirits or appease them. There are different versions of the myth of the Jack-o’-lanterns. In both myths, Jack only lets the Devil go when he agrees never to take his soul. After a while the thief died, as all living things do. Of course, his life had been too sinful for Jack to go to heaven; however, the Devil had promised not to take his soul, and so he was barred from Hell as well. Jack now had nowhere to go. He asked how he would see where to go, as he had no light, and the Devil mockingly tossed him an ember that would never burn out from the flames of hell. Jack carved out one of his turnips put the ember inside it, and began endlessly wandering the Earth for a resting place. He became known as "Jack of the Lantern", or Jack-o'-Lantern.