2-02b English Website Review (revision)

I like annual events and enjoy them very much. So I looked at two English sites about history of Halloween and Christmas around the world. These sites are interesting for me. Now, I’m going to talk about these twowebsites.

First, I’ll talk about history of Halloween. I think that many Japanese suppose Halloween is just disguise party and children get sweets. But of course Halloween has means and long history. Halloween, or the Hallow E'en as they call it in Ireland, means ‘All Hallows Eve’. So November 1 is an anniversary to honor all Saint heavens. After that, Ancient people believed that ghosts, spirits, and witches come to their house at night of October 31 so they wore masks and made fires. This is the start of Halloween. They dressed up as monsters like ghosts, witches, black cats, Dracula, Frankenstein, and so on. But after 1990, people prefer lovely disguises like spirits or vegetables to monster.

I didn’t know much about Halloween. I also thought that Halloween is disguise party. And I was surprised that October 31 of Halloween day is Hallows Eve. I wonder why There are no Halloween events in Japan. I think Japan has the Bon Festival in August. Halloween and Bon Festival are similar events. Because Japan has no Halloween events so I’ve never experienced Halloween party. I want to join Halloween events in America someday. If you are interested in Halloween, I recommend you to look at this site because it is easy to know about Halloween.

Second, I’ll talk about Christmas around the world. Christmas is a Christian’s event but Christmas is loved people around the world. In China, most Chinese people are not Christian but of course there have Christmas. Chinese people call Santa Claus Dun Che Lao Ren, which means ‘Christmas Old Man’. Christmas in India decorate mango or banana tree at Christmas time. Also, they decorate their house with mango's leaves. Christmas in Spain, December 28 is the feast of the Holy Innocents. The children of Spain receive gifts on the feast of the Epiphany.

Christmas loved people around the world! Christmas is no connection with religions. Christmas is a festival to celebrate birth of Jesus by Christian people. So I thought that other religions people don’t have Christmas. But I found that people around the world enjoy Christmas. I think that most countries celebrate Christmas as a same way. Christmas night, people eat feast and children receive gift from Santa Claus. Do you know Bethlehem? Bethlehem is the little town where Jesus was born. I didn’t know that. I like Christmas events but I don’t know Christmas mean well. So I could learn about Christian’s Christmas event and Christmas around the world. In the not Christian country, there has Christmas day but they arranged Christmas to suit their cultures. So I recommend you to look at not Christian countries pages. You might find new Christmas.

These two English sites are very interesting for me. And I could learn Halloween and Christmas means. As I learned about Halloween and Christmas, I think that I can enjoy these two events more.

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