Halloween is coming soon and I must admit that I really did not know why we celebrated this holiday every year. Probably because I'm not a child dressing up anymore, this is going to be my first year giving candy instead of receiving it. So I thought maybe, I should investigate what holiday I am really celebrating.
I heard many stories about how Halloween started; from my research, it looks like Halloween is an old Celtic celebration, and somewhat mixed with Christian celebration. The Celts celebrated the last day of October as the end of summer. They believed it was on that day, the dead would be able to come back to life. The Christian religion has a day for all dead people on the 1st November; All Saints Day. This is where we pray for all the people who have died before us. So the mixing of the two different celebrations, but both around the theme of death must've merged in together to create Halloween.I remember hearing a story about why we give out chocolates and candy to kids. Back in the middle-ages, beggars would come to the door and beg for food in exchange for praying for the homes dead ones. The beggars were usually given sweet bread and that's how we came to this day to give out sweet things and candies to the dressed up kids!
Here are some links for further reading:
More reading on History
How it stared in Ireland
Great pranks
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