Each year children dress up in Halloween Costumes knocking on doors Trick or Treating for Halloween Candy. Halloween occurs each year on October 31st, and is celebrated in most of the western world including countries like the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Scotland.
- Halloween is a contraction of Hallowee’en or All Hollows Eve. All Hallows eve is the night before All Souls Day (sometimes known as All Saints Day). It originated in Ireland with the Druids and other pagan religion until it was absorbed and changed by Christina missionaries (like Christmas and Easter). Today pagans and modern day Wiccans along with many Spanish speaking countries like Mexico consider Halloween part of the Day of the Dead Celebration.