When is Halloween? October 31 is Halloween Eve.

What day is Halloween? Halloween is an important Western festival and a festival celebrated in all Western countries. Next, let’s learn about Halloween.

When is Halloween?

1. Halloween is the Western ghost festival, which is held on November 1st every year, and October 31st is the eve of Halloween, usually called All Hallows' Eve. However, in China, "Halloween" simply refers to "Halloween Eve", and many people mistakenly believe that October 31st is Halloween.

2. In Western countries, Halloween is taken very seriously. To celebrate the arrival of Halloween, children will dress up as various cute ghosts and knock on doors from house to house, asking for candy, otherwise they will play tricks.

3. Legend has it that on Halloween night, various ghosts will dress up as children and mingle with the crowd to celebrate the arrival of Halloween. In order to make the ghosts more harmonious, humans dress up as various ghosts.

What is Halloween?

1. Halloween is a festival to commemorate all saints, also known as "All Saints' Day" or "All Saints' Day". It is said that in the early days it was only to commemorate famous martyrs, and later it was gradually expanded to all famous and unknown saints.

2. According to legend, on this day, believers trekked through remote countryside, begging from house to house for "soul cakes" made of flour and raisins. It is said that families who donate cakes and pastries will be blessed by God and their deceased relatives will enter heaven soon. This tradition of begging from door to door has been passed down to the present day and has evolved into a game in which children carry pumpkin lanterns and ask for candy.

3. However, Halloween has become more and more commercialized in recent years. Organizing various activities full of monsters and ghosts on the night of October 31 has become a marketing tool for businesses in various countries, which completely deviates from the sacred meaning of Halloween.

How Halloween is celebrated in different countries

1. British Halloween: During Halloween, many past executions will be recreated near the Tower of London. At the site, people seemed to be able to feel the presence of ghosts while visiting. London's largest nightclub will hold a Halloween ball on the evening of October 31st, with all-night revelry.

2. Halloween in the United States: During Halloween, all stores in the United States sell ghost-shaped foods, candies, costumes, masks, etc. Since pumpkin lanterns are the symbol of the festival, every household buys pumpkins to make pumpkin lanterns and hold pumpkin lantern competitions.

3. French Halloween: On Halloween, the French usually go to the Montmartre Cemetery and Father Raz Cemetery in Paris to offer chrysanthemums. Catholic believers will thank and praise the Lord, and at the same time ask the saints in heaven to pray for them so that God can accept the believers' prayers.