A fork of Rural Dictionary
Halloween is an ancient Celtic festival that celebrates (or celebrated) the Lord of the Dead. During their festivals, they dressed in scary costumes and carved scary faces on turnips (and now pumpkins) to scare the evil demons away, and made huge bonfires where they burnt offerings to the pagan gods (like vegetables and children - nice mix, huh?)
Later, since the Pagans wouldn't stop their death celebrations, the Christian church changed the name to All Saints' day (a celebration of the Christian saints instead) and voilà! Now everyone's beliefs are combined and everyone is happy. Then from that was All Hollow's Eve, and so on and so forth until it was Halloween.
Now, little kids run around in princess costumes collecting candy from strangers and decorating their homes with death symbols.
...I'm sure that the princess costumes did a much better job at scaring the demons.
Person: Hey, what are you being for Halloween this year?
Other person: I'm gonna be a witch with freaky hair. What are you gonna be?
Person: Haha, I'm gonna be a dead cheerleader.
An excuse for everybody!
For teenage girls to dress like sluts!
For little boys to dress up like robots and aliens and not be teased!
For nerds to cosplay as things no sane person has ever heard of!
For adults to get roaring drunk and not be given a second look!
For paedophiles to hand out free candy to willing little children!
For idiots to watch the same three horror movies they watched last year!
And for silent misanthropes to bang their head against the wall for another four hours.
(Day after Halloween)
Jack: Hey, did you see that horror movie at Dan's place last night?
Bob: No, I couldn't get there. The road was too blocked up with slutty teenage girls, cosplay geeks, drunken adults and possible child predators.
Jack: Good thing I'm a silent misanthrope, then.
Bob: Agreed.
A Christian Holiday held on the 31st of October in remembrance of the occasion Jesus dressed up in a sheet and went begging for sweets.
"It's Halloween. Time for some thinly veiled begging."
A mostly American holliday where children dress up in costume go door to door and expect expensive candy when they really only get hoardes of smartees. Originated from All Hollows Eve, a holliday said to be the Devil's day. Signified the end of fall, beginning of winter.
The time of year in October, Where teenagers Piss off fellow neighbors, friends, and family. During this "holiday" They usually cause havoc and vandalism by:
Eggs, Toilet Paper, paintball guns, rocks, fake blood, and other means of vandalizing.
The less harmless pranks include: Ding dong ditch, and scaring people.
Usually they hang out in small gang like groups, so beware next Halloween.!
Chris: Dude, Ryan, wanna go pumpkin smashing this Halloween?
Ryan: wait until we egg some houses.
Tyler: No! Lets Tick tack some houses
Chris: Ok but after we ding dong ditch garrets.
Ryan: how about later we paintball my aunts house?
Tyler: Ok but after wards, were Tee peeing, some trees and houses.
Ryan: sounds fun!
Chris: ok lets do it! This Halloween is gunna rock!
A pagan holy day celebrating the new year Samhain. Also a common day when children go trick-or-treating, candy usually comes from this.
Example 1: I went to the Samhain bonfire last night.
Example 2: Mommy it's Halloween can we go rick-or-treating yet?
A holiday that has become a comercial event, particularly to candy companies. Originally called All Hallow's eve, when all of the "saints" rose from the grave and roamed the earth in preperation for All Saints Day on November 1stm