Why do you send candy on Halloween?
Although Halloween is a holiday in western countries, just like the traditional festivals in our country, there are also some foods or activities with specific significance, just like eating zongzi on the Dragon Boat Festival in China, but in the west, Halloween is about eating sugar, apples and pumpkins, and playing ghosts is usually a holiday held on Halloween, and friends will also give candy, apples and pumpkins as gifts. So what does it mean to give candy on Halloween?
Halloween, also called "Ghost Festival", originated from the ancient Celtic New Year's Festival, but it is also a time to worship the dead. While avoiding the interference of evil spirits, children will worship their ancestors and good spirits with food to pray for peace through the severe winter. On Halloween, children will wear Halloween costumes and go door-to-door to beg for candy with baskets of pumpkin lanterns. At this time, giving candy means praying for peace.
What candy can I give my children for Halloween?
1, kid lollipop
Wrap the lollipop in toilet paper, tie a thin ribbon, draw a face, and the kid lollipop is ready. It's very simple!
2. Spider lollipop
Don't think that spiders are terrible. Look, are spiders made of lollipops and black hair roots cute?
3. Pumpkin candy
Cut it into a circle with orange colored paper, wrapped in chocolate and candy, and make it into a small pumpkin shape, which is also quite cute.
4. Glove candy bag
Use disposable hand suits filled with candy and decorate some Halloween animals to add a little horror.
5. Witch's broom
Is it particularly like a witch's broom to put some candy in a small kraft paper handbag and tie a pencil?
Legendary stories about Halloween
The Celtic believed that the sun god helped them grow crops. However, every year, the sun god is attacked by an evil force named Samhain and imprisoned for six months. Samhain, also known as "LordofDead" and "PrinceofDarkness", came to Celtic land with cold and dark winter. The Celts were very afraid of the night of1October 3 1 Sunday, because they felt that there were a bunch of evil souls lurking anywhere that night. They make a fire at home to let those evil spirits leave their home (there is a sentence in the last untranslated paragraph that flames can scare away ghosts). They believe that Samhain called the dead out, and they also believe that Samhain will turn the dead into something else, like a cat. The Celts will put on a terrible disguise to drive away those evil souls. (This is the prototype of Halloween.) After Rome occupied the land of the Celts, Roman festivals were combined with the Samhain Festival of the Celts1October 3 1 day, which became the present Halloween.