I get to go pass out candy to little children :D.
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That sounded kinda creepy :P.
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LightningTread Newbielucky
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I wish I could go trick or treating or pass out candy. Too bad people here don't celebrate it.
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It's not even Halloween yet. And I wish we didn't celebrate it. It is my favorite holiday, but I'm tired of the people who take it out of proportions. I like the holiday because of the history behind it, which a lot of people seem to have forgotten about.
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What is the history behind it?
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Well, first off, Halloween is short for its original name, All Hallows' Eve.
Halloween first originated in early the Celtic culture. It was the festival of Samhain, where the people would celebrate the end of the harvest (remember, this is in the Gaelic culture). To the Gaels, Samhain was when they would collect crops and supplies. On October 31st, they would put on masks in order to appease the evil spirits that they believed could cause chaos only on this night, for they thought it to be the one night a year that the spirit and physical world met. This celebration also included bonfires, which the Gaelic people believed would attract insects and bats.
The question, "Trick or treat?" that children ask when going door to door literally meant trick or treat at one point in time. If someone refused to give the children a treat, the children would play a trick on the person. Now, since most people give out candy the "trick" part isn't so true anymore, however, some people do still trick the select few who don't give out treats.
Trick or treating originated in the medieval period. It represents "souling," which was when poor families would go door to door to and give prayers for the deceased on the following day (All Souls Day) in return of food. It comes from Britian and Ireland, however, similar practices could be found as far south in Europe as Italy. Even Shakespeare mentioned it in his play "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" (1593), when Speed accused his master of "puling [whimpering, whining], like a beggar at Hallowmas." There is no evidence that souling was practiced in America, though. Because of this, it is thought that trick or treating developed in America completely separate from England and Ireland.
Hope this helped! And if you want to learn more about it, go to That's where I learned about the history of Halloween when I decided the little tales my grandparents told me weren't enough.
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