Halloween in the UK: ‘Treat-no-Trick’

Some like it hot and some like it…spooky!? Yes! Tonight is Halloween!

As I know and observ in the UK, although ‘Knock! Knock! Trick-or-treat’ is a Halloween custom for many children in many countries, it seems to be more popular in North America.

The British Halloween is ‘Treat-no-trick’ as in fact, their children don’t ask for treats from door to door.

However, there are still some common ways to have a blast night for a Halloween,

such as get dressed up to have fun in this theme party, carving pumpkins with horrid and ghastly styles, or strolling on the streets to see Halloween decorations. 

What I got tonight? Mr Stuart, a man looks like Dumbledore in Harry Potter,

(photo provided by friendsconnect.york)

explaining what is the history behind Halloween-- the evening before all Hallows/Saints (All Hallows Eve).

In other words, tomorrow: 1 Nov is ‘All Saints Day’, and this is the reason why people need to dress horribly in order to scare the ghosts and welcome the hallows coming in tomorrow.  However, that is just my own assumptions, according to Mr. Stuart, 'in the UK, Christian believers would not normally dress up in that way, but would rely on Jesus and the light he shines in the darkness, to give guidance and protection'.

  

只給糖不搗蛋

有些人喜歡很酷帥，有些人喜歡..古怪！是的!今晚就是萬聖節！

正如我在英國所知和觀察到的，雖然“不給糖就搗蛋”是許多國家的兒童過”萬聖節”的習俗，但是好像在北美比較普遍。 英國萬聖節是“只給糖不搗蛋”，事實上，他們的孩子們不會作挨家挨戶要糖果。

然而，仍然有一些共同的方式來為萬聖節舉辦1個火熱的夜晚，例如刻些有駭人和可怕風格的南瓜，或好好打扮開心參加主題派對。

看看我們今天晚上有什麼：Stuart先生，一個看起來像哈利·波特的鄧布利多的男人，解釋了萬聖節背後的歷史：所有聖人的前夕。 也就是說，明天：11月1日是“所有聖人的節日”，這就是為什麼人們要打扮的很可怕來嚇唬鬼，以歡迎聖人明天來到來。不過，那只是我個人臆測，Stuart先生說，英國信主的人通常不穿那樣，而是靠主耶穌及光引導。