万圣节英语作文九篇
  TINY ghost—like dolls hang from trees， big plastic spiders sit on rooftops and bloody plastic hands reach out from gravestones…Are you ready for the scariest night of the year？
  October 31 is Halloween， one of the most popular festivals in the US， Canada and Britain。 The festival began as a day to remember the dead。 But nowadays it's all about the carnival atmosphere when people can enjoy dressing up and scaring each other。
  Halloween is one of children's favourite nights of the year。 They dress up as monsters and go to their neighbours'houses。 Knocking on the door they shout： "Trick or treat！" Of course， usually people give them "treats" － a like sweets and chocolates。 But， if you don't， you can expect a prank such as having your car windows soaped or your garbage cans turned over。
  Halloween is also a time for masquerade parties。 Witches fly in on broomsticks， while ghosts and skeletons chat on the dance floor。
  You can even dress up as a famous monster like Dracula！ The motto is： "The scarier， the better。" 。〞
万圣节之夜  Even making Halloween food should be like casting a spell or mixing a magic drink。 In Britain， people drink "Witch's Mix"， made with apple， orange， grape and berry juice。 Children also enjoy "Halloween Worms，" made from egg noodles。 And how do you like the sound of "Eye—Balls"？ Don't worry， they're made with scoops of chocolate and vanilla ice cream， shaped like human eyes。 Skeleton—shaped cookies are equally popular。
  A well—known Halloween tradition is to make lanterns from pumpkins， called "Jack—o—lanterns"。 First， the inside of the pumpkin is removed。 Then， a face is cut into the pumpkin， traditionally a smiling， devil face。 Finally a candle is placed inside， and the lantern is put at the front of the house to keep evil spirits away。
  Besides pumpkin cutting， "apple—bobbing" is another popular game。 Several apples are put floating in water in a big bucket。 Children have their hands tied behind their backs。
They have to try to pick the apples out of the water using only their mouths。 Of course， people get very wet and it is very funny to watch。
  The Celtics were very afraid of the night of October 31st, because they felt that this night, there was a pile of evil spirits lurking in any place. They at home fire to let those evil spirit leave their homes, they believe that the sun god calls the deceased person. They believed that the sun god dead variable for other things, like a cat.
  The Celtics would pretend to be a terrible disguise to get rid of the evil spirits. (this is the prototype of Halloween) after Roman occupation of the land of Celtic, Roman holiday and the Celtics October 31, Samhain Festival together, it becomes the Halloween.
  When the harvest moon rises on October 31, little hobgoblins, spooky ghosts, ghoulish witches and gremlins — their young faces hidden behind grotesque masks — will go forth to frighten friends and neighbors and to threaten them with Trick or Treat .
  Halloween (AII Hallows Eve) as the name implies, is a nighttime holiday, the one night in t
he year when the child‘s world turns to pure fantasy. Children take all the lead parts while parents and other adults play the supporting roles. Encouraged by teachers and merchants and the remembrance of the good time they had the earlier year, children (from 3 to 11 years old) start preparing their costumes and Halloween decorations weeks ahead. Although parents help the children very much prepare the costumes, on Halloween they must pretend to be frightened by the masked visions that suddenly appear. There will be little witches in long black dresses with tall-pointed hats and magic broomsticks to carry them over the rooftops — to a neighbor‘s house in the next block. Ghosts in sheets run with tell-tale sneakers and half socks showing; and terrible pirates with skull and cross-bones painted on their three-cornered hats. Some carry jack-o‘-lanterns but all carry bags or UNICEF boxes marked Trick or Treat, which fill up very fast.
  Teenagers have their fun playing tricks that sometimes get rather rough. They throw eggs or tomatoes at passing motorists , mark up windows and windshields with hard-to-erase candle wax, roll pumpkins down long hills, carry away porch furniture and garbage can covers, engrave graffiti on fences, or do whatever bad things occur to them as they go arou
nd looking for ways to let off steam. Police officers are alert but they only arrest those caught doing real damage. In most communities there are school dances or block parties to help redirect the energies of the youthful pranksters. Business firms offer prizes for the best costumes and recreation directors help plan the party, but the young people themselves take charge of the entertainment and the decorations — a necessary part of Halloween. Dried corn stalks, pumpkin faces, and piles of apples create the harvest atmosphere; and cutouts of witches on their brooms, goblins, ghosts and black cats symbolize the witchcraft aspect of the holiday. The freshments — apple cider, popcorn and pumpkin pie, and witches made of spicy ginger cookies — also carry out both themes.