Celts celebrated a festival called Samhain (pronounced “sah-win”), the end of the harvest (season) (Oct. 31st)
October 31st was Celts new year and was the one day (or magical time) when ghosts walked the earth
The Celts would make a big bonfire to make the ghosts go back to the spirit world
Halloween came to America in the 1840's with the Irish (increase is Irish immigration because of the potato famine
They shared bobbing for apples and playing tricks and shared that with America
Tricks turned into vandalism. To stop the vandalism, children were encouraged to go to the neighbors front door and ask for candy instead.
Masks were used to hide kid's faces for when they went to trick people
It's different from the day of the dead- Halloween has candy and people are fearful of the dead. Day of Dead celebrates the dead and welcomes the dead back into their home.
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