Halloween, the time of pumpkins, candies, ghosts, witches, monsters and much more, is celebrated on 31st October. That’s the night before All Saints Day. Its origins date back thousands of years to the Celtic festival of Samhaim or The Feast of the Sun, most significant holiday of the Celtic year. This day marked the end of Summer, but also the season of darkness as well as the beginning of the New Year on 1st November and the arrival of Winter.
Like the Celts, the Europeans of that time also believed that the spirits of dead would visit the earth on Halloween. So, on that night, people wore costumes that looked like ghosts or other “evil” creatures.
Children love the custom of dressing-up in “fancy” costumes, like people did a thousand years ago. They go from house to house and knock on doors saying ‘Trick-or-Treat?’. Adults instead join spooky parties which are nearly held all over the cities on that special evening.
On these days Halloween is not usually considered a religious holiday. It’s primarily a “fun” day for children.
This tradition of Halloween was carried to America by the immigrating Europeans.
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