Halloween is nearly enough upon us now and it is that time of year, when the kids go out trick-or-treating, adults throw costume parties and endless amounts of horror movies are on TV. Each year, people all over the world celebrate in many different ways.

But what I would like to know is how Halloween originated. Well, according to the History Channel, it started with a group of people called the “Celts,” who lived in present day Ireland, France and England and who started their new year on November 1st.

This celebration of the “new year,” prepared the Celts for the winter ahead and was believed to have coincided with human death. So the eve of this day, which was October 31st, the Celts believed that the realms of the dead and the living would merge together.

It was also a time that they celebrated the “Samhain,” which were said to be ghosts returning to earth, to help Celtic priests predict the future. The Celts would the dress up in numerous different costumes and attempt to predict/ foretell each other’s futures.

And after various different influences from the Romans and Christian cultures, October 31st eventually became known as “all hallows eve.” It was then shortened down to just Halloween. So now we know where the Halloween costume thing came from as well.

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