Happy Halloween! Trick or Treat! Hopefully this will provide some treats for you.
Halloween has its roots in the Celtic celebration known as Samhain (pronounced sah-win). It was basically a celebration of the harvest and the Celtic New Year. Also on Halloween, they believed that the veil between this world and the afterlife was thin enough that some spirits could pass through into this world. Because not all of them might have had good intentions, people took to dressing up in costumes to confuse the spirits.
I've included 3 links below for people who are interested in learning more about Halloween and it's traditions.
The first one is from the History Channel. https://www.history.com/articles/history-of-halloween
The second one is from the Library of Congress https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2021/10/the-origins-of-halloween-traditions/
The third link is from the University of Kentucky https://uknow.uky.edu/campus-news/fun-facts-you-probably-didn-t-know-about-halloween-uk-folklorist
I hope you have a Happy Halloween!
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