万圣节英语作文800字：Today is Traditions of Halloween

　　TheAmericantraditionof"trick-or-treating"probablydatesbacktotheearlyAllSouls'DayparadesinEngland.Duringthefestivities,poorcitizenswouldbegforfoodandfamilieswouldgivethempastriescalled"soulcakes"inreturnfortheirpromisetoprayforthefamily'sdeadrelatives.
　　Thedistributionofsoulcakeswasencouragedbythechurchasawaytoreplacetheancientpracticeofleavingfoodandwineforroamingspirits.Thepractice,whichwasreferredtoas"goinga-souling"waseventuallytakenupbychildrenwhowouldvisitthehousesintheirneighborhoodandbegivenale,food,andmoney.
　　ThetraditionofdressingincostumeforHalloweenhasbothEuropeanandCelticroots.Hundredsofyearsago,winterwasanuncertainandfrighteningtime.Foodsuppliesoftenranlowand,forthemanypeopleafraidofthedark,theshortdaysofwinterwerefullofconstantworry.OnHalloween,whenitwasbelievedthatghostscamebacktotheearthlyworld,peoplethoughtthattheywouldencounterghostsiftheylefttheirhomes.Toavoidbeingrecognizedbytheseghosts,peoplewouldwearmaskswhentheylefttheirhomesafterdarksothattheghostswouldmistakethemforfellowspirits.OnHalloween,tokeepghostsawayfromtheirhouses,peoplewouldplacebowlsoffoodoutsidetheirhomestoappeasetheghostsandpreventthemfromattemptingtoenter.