关于万圣节有这样一个故事。是说有一个叫杰克的爱尔兰人，因为他对钱特别的吝啬，就不允许他进入天堂，而被打入地狱。但是在那里他老是捉弄魔鬼撒旦，所以被踢出地狱，罚他提着灯笼永远在人世里行走。
在十月三十一日爱尔兰的孩子们用土豆和萝卜制作“杰克的灯笼”，他们把中间挖掉、表面上打洞并在里边点上蜡烛。为村里庆祝督伊德神的万圣节，孩子们提着这种灯笼挨家挨户乞讨食物。这种灯笼的爱尔兰名字是“拿灯笼的杰克”或者“杰克的灯笼”，缩写为jack-o'-lantern。
现在你在大多数书里读到的万圣节只是孩子们开心的夜晚。在小学校里，万圣节是每年十月份开始庆祝的。孩子们会制作万圣节的装饰品：各种各样桔红色的南瓜灯。
one story about jack, an irishman, who was not allowed into heaven becausehe was stingy with his money. so he was sent to hell. but down there he playedtricks on the devil (satan), so he was kicked out of hell and made to walk theearth forever carrying a lantern.
well, irish children made jack's lanterns on october 31st from a largepotato or turnip, hollowed out with the sides having holes and lit by littlecandles inside. and irish children would carry them as they went from house tohouse begging for food for the village halloween festival that honored the druidgod muck olla. the irish name for these lanterns was "jack with the lantern" or"jack of the lantern," abbreviated as " jack-o'-lantern" and now spelled"jack-o-lantern."
the traditional halloween you can read about in most books was justchildren's fun night. halloween celebrations would start in october in everyelementary school.