Happy Halloween on 31st of October at Florida, United States of America. 

This festival is held on 31^st of October each year. The celebration comes from the Celtic countries such as Ireland and Scotland. 
On this day the Celts celebrated their New Year celebration. The old year ended with the last day of summer the 31^st of October at sunset.

The New Year began on 1^st of November at sunrise. In the period between the sundown and sunrise the present world is connected with the other world – the dead world. During this period of time the people who died in the ending year have the possibility to visit their families one last time.

To protect themselves for these wandering ghosts, witches and demons people lighted big fires in former time and provided gifts to these ghosts, witches and demons.

The hollow pumpkin - earlier there were hollow turnips - served as a transporting pot for the fire of the druids to be transported but it was meant as protection against the unholy spirits. The pumpkin face should move ghosts away by saying "in this house is already a damned soul." 

In the middle Ages, Pope Gregory IV integrated this Celtic festival in the Christian calendar and shifted the "Day of all saints" from mid-May to the 1^st of November. In England this day is called "All Hallows" and the evening of this day is "All Hallows Evening." This term is shortened by the use of language to the today's "Halloween". 

With immigrants from Ireland and Scotland this festival came to America. Today this former religious festival is celebrated mostly cheerful. There is costume parties celebrated as in the carnival time in Europe. The children dressed themselves as ghosts and witches wandered through the streets knocking at doors with the slogan "Sweet and acidic." This saying means: "Give us candy or we play you a trick." 

If you are at that time in Florida then enjoy this fun at parties or at the Universal Studios Orlando.

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