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In America, they decorate their houses like a lot.

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Every American decorates their houses for special things as Halloween or Christmas.

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And in Halloween, they decorate it with ghosts, with spider webs, with spiders, with witches, also with bats, and green or orange lights.

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um but for the food they usually like decorated a lot every biscuit or every sweet they do

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for example um the biscuits in form of pumpkins and also with in form of cat or ghost or everything

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they decorate like a lot and then they give to children when they do the sugar treat also if

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they don't do the biscuits or anything homemade they usually give them sneakers or popcorn that

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does that is one of the usually sweet that they give to the children nowadays there in america

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i am marietta and this is my turn to tell you about how is celebrated halloween nowadays in

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america in this day and age in america halloween is one of the most important holidays for them

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Depending on how old are you, you can do different things, but they all have something in common,

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the costumes and a lot of decorations.

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Houses and gardens are decorated with scary figures like ghosts, witches, bats,

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but one of the most important elements for the Americans on Halloween are the pumpkins.

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The little ones dress up as monsters or typical Halloween characters,

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and they usually come together in groups to go door to door through the houses of their neighborhoods

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to do the famous trick or treat where they usually receive candy or chocolate in return.

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Young people usually go to parties with their Halloween costumes where there is also a lot

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of decoration, but not all teenagers go to parties.

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There are also others who prefer to stay home watching horror movies either with their friends

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or alone and others may prefer to do anything on this day.

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Adults usually stay in their homes and decorate and prepare them for when the children come

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to do trick or treat but others just prefer to watch movies or organize dinner with family and

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friends. Some cities where Halloween is taken so seriously nowadays is in New Orleans, in Salem

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and in Orlando where they do scary street shows and parades. Other options that are made on

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Halloween is to visit abandoned houses or go to theme parks but the most important thing nowadays

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for americans on halloween is to have fun term halloween dates from approximately 1745 but its

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origin dates back to centuries before christ it comes from an ancient tradition of celtic origin

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it began to be celebrated with the nickname of samhain which means end of summer

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The days were getting shorter and the nights longer, the end of the harvest season, the autumn equinox and the change of season, for what the Samhain was erected in the most important festivals of pagan Europe.

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The pagan ancestors considered that during the night of October 31st the spirits of the dead returned to visit the world of mortals and that their magic did not stop growing.

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The Celtic year ended in autumn, the same 31st, whose main characteristic is the fall of the leaves.

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For them it meant the end of death or the initiation of a new life.

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This teaching spread throughout the years from generation to generation.

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The children collected gifts or sweets from house to house, like today.

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The cells made human, vegetables, and animal sacrifices, but when the Romans discovered it, they tried to cancel it.

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The party was gradually lost until Pope Gregory IV changed the name to All Saints Day.

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In the 19th century, Irish immigrants took it to America and popularized it again.

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hello my name is Ivan and I'm going to talk about typical recipes in Halloween

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the first one is candy apple or toffee apple it's a traditional candy in USA UK

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and Australia which they spoke English our apples covered in a sugar candy with

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a stick in the middle sometimes they covered with a with chopped peanuts the

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second one is the pumpkin pie it's a traditional dessert in autumn and early

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winter the Americans eat them also in Thanksgiving and Christmas they eat

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pumpkin because are in season how can I make pumpkin pie a step one you must

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take the good part of the pumpkin and slice it in half and remove the seeds

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then put the two halves in the oven step 2 the pulp is mixed with eggs

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condensed milk sugar and typical spice called pumpkin pie spice or cinnamon

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step 3 bake it in pie cell and that's it enjoy your meal happy Halloween