It all started with Celtics starting their new year in November 1st Celts believed that on the night before the new year, the boundary
between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred. On the
night of October 31, they celebrated Samhain, when it was believed that
the ghosts of the dead returned to earth. In addition to causing
trouble and damaging crops, Celts thought that the presence of the
otherworldly spirits made it easier for the Druids. To get rid of all the "bad" they would burn all old crops and animals as sacrifices to the Celtic deities. They would were costumes of animal skins and heads. Then this culture spread throughout changing a little bit of course and when immigrants came to america they brought these traditions. Slowly halloween in america emerged. The first celebrations included "play parties," public events held to
celebrate the harvest, where neighbors would share stories of the dead,
tell each other's fortunes, dance, and sing, but Halloween was not yet
celebrated everywhere in the country. As more immigrants came from Ireland we began taking from Irish and English traditions, Americans began to dress up
in costumes and go house to house asking for food or money, a practice
that eventually became today's "trick-or-treat" tradition.
between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred. On the
night of October 31, they celebrated Samhain, when it was believed that
the ghosts of the dead returned to earth. In addition to causing
trouble and damaging crops, Celts thought that the presence of the
otherworldly spirits made it easier for the Druids. To get rid of all the "bad" they would burn all old crops and animals as sacrifices to the Celtic deities. They would were costumes of animal skins and heads. Then this culture spread throughout changing a little bit of course and when immigrants came to america they brought these traditions. Slowly halloween in america emerged. The first celebrations included "play parties," public events held to
celebrate the harvest, where neighbors would share stories of the dead,
tell each other's fortunes, dance, and sing, but Halloween was not yet
celebrated everywhere in the country. As more immigrants came from Ireland we began taking from Irish and English traditions, Americans began to dress up
in costumes and go house to house asking for food or money, a practice
that eventually became today's "trick-or-treat" tradition.
