When we think of Halloween we think of trick or treating, parties, and costumes. However, feasting on chocolates and banging on doors asking trick or treat was not the original meaning behind Halloween. Halloween can be traced back 2,000 years ago to a Celtic festival known as Samhain. This celebration was used to welcome the harvest at the end of summer. People would light bonfires and wear costumes. These costumes were not used to dress up as some of your favorite movie characters or do group costumes with your friends but were intended to scare off spirits. Pagans believed that on this day the dead returned home and that the bonfires and costumes would ward off evil spirits. This was then Christianized to become ‘All Hallows Eve’ because the same night the pagans celebrated was the night before All Saints Day (All Hallows Day) a day where they believed spirits and saints would come back.
History of Halloween!!
October 1, 2023
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