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Why do we celebrate Halloween?
Thanks for asking.
Halloween is here and if you're anything like us, you'll be frantically doing some last-minute pumpkin carving or stocking up on sweets for trick-or-treaters.
Maybe you're going to a Halloween party yourself dressed as a ghost, witch or any other kind of spooky creature.
But have you ever wondered where all these quirky customs came from?
In fact, while Halloween seems like a very modern celebration, its origins actually go back well over a thousand years.
Halloween started out with an ancient Celtic festival called Soin.
As you may know, the Celts lived in the area that is now Ireland, the UK and the north of France.
They would celebrate their new year on the 1st of November, a night on which, they believed, the boundaries between the world of the living and the dead were blurred, with the ghosts of the dead returning to Earth.
To scare off the ghosts, they would light bonfires and wear costumes.
In the 8th century, Pope Gregory III decided to move the religious celebration of All Saints Day to the 1st of November, partly at least to appropriate the Celtic pagan festival.
It was only in medieval times that the name Halloween was adopted.
Hallow is derived from the old English word for holy, and All Saints Day was known as All Hallows Day.
The evening before was called All Hallows Eve. which gradually got shortened to Halloween.
What about trick or treating and some of the other modern customs?
According to Britannicacom, trick or treating evolved from a British tradition which saw the poor going from door to door at Halloween begging for food, also called soul cakes.
It's now common for children to dress up and go around their local area asking for treats, with the underlying threat of pulling a prank on anyone who doesn't give them what they want.
Halloween is known for being a huge celebration in the US in particular, but it was actually brought there by Irish and Scottish immigrants in the 19th century.
Prior to that it was shunned by the Puritans due to its pagan roots.
The costumes themselves only really became scary in the last century or so too.
Originally, people would wear costumes as a tribute to the saints, but that was eventually replaced by the creative and spooky designs that are familiar these days.
There you have it.
Now you know why we celebrate Halloween.
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