A weird holiday that wizard-type dudes invented hundreds of years ago. It used to have some meaning, but now it's just about extortion and Unicef. Good way to get candy, though!
by Jonah Rowley November 07, 2004
KID 1: "Hey lets go to this house"
KID 2: "Nah man that dude's a pedophile. He's always extra weird on halloween."
KID 2: "Nah man that dude's a pedophile. He's always extra weird on halloween."
by gbh97 October 31, 2011
Halloween was originally a pagan Irish holy festival. When Ireland converted to Roman Catholicism, the Church gave Halloween a Christian connotation.
by Silky Smooth October 28, 2003
My favorite holiday. Halloween is when children (and anyone else who can get away with it) get tons of free candy. It's also a very amusing holiday and there a lots of parties that are epic. The end.
Halloween is great.
by HalloweenIsAwesome August 24, 2009
Classic Halloween examples include women dressing up like animals, nurses and "bad cops" while men dawn robes of the clergy.
by nethcev! August 24, 2006
Annual holiday most common in the US, when children go door-to-door in costumes hoping to recieve candy.
by Tremor October 29, 2003
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.
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.
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.
by mii November 01, 2004