Fright Night

Halloween history
Halloween goes all the way to 2,000 years ago. Halloween’s origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain pronounced sow in. The Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago, mostly in the area that is now Ireland, the United Kingdom and northern France, celebrated their new year on November 1. On Halloween night it says that the souls of the dead would come to life and everyone would dress in costumes and lit bonfires to ward off the spirits.
Celts believed that on the night before the new year, the boundary between the worlds
of the living and the dead became blurred. On the night of October 31 they celebrated Samhain, when it was believed that the ghosts of the dead returned to earth. Even when the weather caused trouble and damaged crops, celts thought that the presence of the otherworldly spirit made it easier for the Druids, or Celtic priests, to make predictions about the future. Back then people were dependent on the natural world, these prophecies were important because it would bring them comfort during the long, dark winter.
People made their own costumes and they were so terrifying back then. They pull
anything from their home to make these costumes like table cloth, rope, burnt cork or soot to blacken their faces. In ancient times, Egyptians, Arabs, and Chinese made candies with fruits and nuts that caramelized with honey. The two oldest candy types are licorice and ginger. They also used to have play parties which was public events held to celebrate the harvest.
Through the years Halloween has changed a lot. People go to get candy and most but
their Halloween costumes. Some people still believe in the history of it and dress up for spirits. Most don’t believe and I feel we should also get a lesson of the past where it came from. Also most people take advantage of the day to just dress however they want when back then wasn’t allowed. Halloween has changed so much over the years