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Remembrance Day (also known as Amapola Day, Armistice Day or Veterans Day) is a day set aside in Commonwealth countries to remember the sacrifices of members of the armed forces and civilians in times of war, specifically since World War I .

The 11 of November is generally celebrated, day in which the confrontations of World War I ended, according to the German armistice. It was established by king Jorge V the 7 of November of 1919, after the proposal of Edward George and Wellesley Tudor Pole, in order to remember to the fallen ones during World War I.
The Poppy of Remembrance has become a familiar emblem of Remembrance Day by the poem In Flanders Fields.

It is common in British, Canadians, South Africans, Australians and New Zealanders to include a minute or two of silence at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as it marks the time in the United Kingdom in which the armistice came into force.

The Reminder Service in many Commonwealth countries in general includes the sound of "Last Post", followed by the period of silence, later the sound of "The Rouse" ending with the interpretation of "Oda da memory ". Songs like "Flowers of the Forest", “Valiant Hearts", "I Vow to Thee, My Country" and "Jerusalem" are performed during the service. Services also include crowns set to honor the fallen, a blessing, and national anthems.

Halloween is a celebration observed in several countries, mainly in the English-speaking world, on October 31, the eve of the Western Christian festival of the Day of All Saints. It begins with the Allhallowtide's three-day vigil, the time of the liturgical year dedicated to remembering the dead, including hallows, martyrs and all deceased faithful.

Many of the Halloween traditions are believed to have originated from the ancient Celtic harvest festival, Samhain, and that this Gaelic festival was Christianized by the early Church. Samhain and other parties may also have had pagan roots. Some, however, support the view that Halloween started independently of Samhain and has Christian roots.

Among the most common Halloween activities are parties and costumes, practicing "trick or treating", decorating the house, making pumpkin lanterns, bonfires, guessing games, going to "haunted" attractions, telling scary stories and watching horror movies. In many parts of the world, Christian Halloween religious vigils, such as attending church services and lighting candles at the graves of the dead, remain popular, although elsewhere it is a more commercial and secular celebration. Some Christians historically abstain from meat on Halloween.

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