劳动节过后，我就开始慢慢倒计时，迎接我最喜欢的节日之一——万圣节。我在肯塔基州长大，当我窗外的树上长出第一片叶子，当当地的食品连锁店 Kroger 开始在店门口摆放南瓜罐头时，我就知道万圣节离我并不远了。
万圣节起源于 塞尔特 Samhain节，标志着收成季节的结束和冬天的开始。 This festival was celebrated from October 31 to November 1, and since the ancient Celts associate winter with death, it was believed the veil between the living and the dead was thinner on that night.这个节日是从XNUMX月XNUMX日至XNUMX月XNUMX日庆祝的，由于古老的凯尔特人将冬天与死亡联系在一起，因此人们认为，当晚活人与死者之间的面纱变薄了。 The festival was speculated to be used as a marker for halfway between the据推测，该节日将被用作纪念活动的中间时间。 秋分 and the winter solstice.和冬至。 Later, in the 18th century, Pope Gregory III, in efforts to help unify the Church liturgical calendar to the secular Pagan calendar, opted to make November 1 a time to honor the Saints, creating All Saints Day or All Souls Day.后来，在XNUMX世纪，教皇格雷戈里三世致力于将教堂的礼拜日历与世俗的异教徒日历统一起来，他们选择将XNUMX月XNUMX日定为纪念圣徒的日子，创建了“诸圣日”或“万灵节”。 This merging of festivals helped to further the reach of Christianity and set up how we celebrate Halloween or, if preferred, All Hallows Eve, as many of the traditions for Samhain were incorporated into what we celebrate today.节日的合并有助于进一步扩大基督教的影响力，并建立了我们庆祝万圣节的方式，或者设置了万圣节（如果更喜欢的话，称为万圣节前夜），因为萨姆海因的许多传统都融入了我们今天的庆祝活动中。
As a kid in the 1980s in middle/southern America, Halloween was a month long preparation for one night.小时候，XNUMX年代在中南美洲的万圣节那天，万圣节准备了一个月的夜晚。 I would beg my mother to buy these awful vinyl costumes that would rip with ease and had masks that were impossible to breath in. My Octobers were filled with haunted houses, house parties, hayrides, pumpkin patches, and candy.我求母亲买这些可怕的乙烯基服装，它们会轻易撕裂，并带有无法呼吸的口罩。我的十月充满了鬼屋，家庭聚会，干草堆，南瓜片和糖果。 It was magical!太神奇了！
Even as an adult I still have been able to find the joy in dressing up with my daughter, decorating, and buying candy.甚至当我成年时，我仍然能够带着女儿打扮，装饰和购买糖果的乐趣。 Usually at this time of year my house is covered with decorations, I have had my first of a hundred pumpkin spice lattes and solidified what my Halloween costume will be.通常在每年的这个时候，我的房子上都覆盖着装饰品，我拿了第一百个南瓜香料拿铁，并固化了万圣节服装。
然而，今年我们遇到了一种病毒，它有可能让万圣节变成一个真正的恐怖故事。是的，今年的“不给糖就捣蛋”活动可能会被取消。鬼屋可能很少，南瓜园可能会对人群有严格的规定，干草车也可能不会发生。此外，当新冠疫情给我们带来了一年的真正恐怖，我们一年中大部分时间都戴着口罩时，你可能不想庆祝一个“恐怖”节日。
和你们许多人一样，今年的万圣节也让我忧心忡忡。如果我不采取行动，我的孩子就会错过往年万圣节的乐趣。所以今年我计划用家里的3D打印机为全家人制作万圣节面具。我一直在练习脸部彩绘，并尝试各种各样以万圣节为主题的食谱。
I challenge you to keep this October spooky.我挑战你保持今年十月的恐怖。 Watch scary movies, read scary spooky novels, be观看恐怖电影，阅读恐怖小说， 创意，尝试制作疯狂的服装，鬼 照片 或制作令人毛骨悚然的装饰品。 甚至可以更进一步，制作自己的恐怖电影与朋友分享，或者参加虚拟的万圣节游行。 我们还将通过提供一些乐趣来尽力帮助您融入假期精神 万圣节活动。 Sure we may not be able to get candy from our favorite neighbors but we can still enjoy the festive season.当然，我们可能无法从我们最喜欢的邻居那儿买糖果，但我们仍然可以享受节日。 The real horror would be not taking this time to celebrate.真正的恐怖不会花时间庆祝。
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