Halloween is the English name of allehelgensaften, that is, the night before All Saints Day, which is the Catholic commemoration of saints and martyrs. According to English tradition Halloween is celebrated on the evening of October 31st, the day before the first of November, while All Saints day or the "weekend fair" in Norway happens the last Saturday in October, according to Wikipedia.
Halloween har på 1900-tallet særlig blitt markert i USA der utkledde barn går fra hus til hus og tigger godteri med ordene trick or treat, knask eller knep. Knask gir godterier, knep en eller annen form for ablegøyer. I dag er skikken blitt utbredt også i andre deler av den vestlige verden, der verken allehelgensaften eller -dagen har vært viktige festdager tidligere.
Halloween has from the 1900s especially been highlighted in the United States where costumed children go from house to house begging for candy with the words trick or treat, knask eller knep. Treat gives candy, trick a kind of prank. Today, the practice has become widespread in other parts of the western world, where neither Halloween or the day had been a major party day earlier.
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