| One night, in neighborhoods across
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| | derived from the Middle English word
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| America, you will find monsters, ghosts,
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| | Alholowmesse, another way to say All
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| witches and other characters haunting
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| | Saints' Day). The night before this
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| houses up and down the street. October
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| | holiday, October 31, began to be known as
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| 31, Halloween, is one of the more popular
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| | All-Hallows Eve and soon, just Halloween.
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| holidays for children. What child
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| | Some time later, the church decreed that
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| wouldn't want to dress up as a monster or
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| | November 2 would be known as All Souls
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| fairy and score a bag of candy in the
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| | Day, a day to honor the dead. It was
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| process?The origins of Halloween are
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| | celebrated much like Samhain, with
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| ancient. 2,000 years ago in the part of
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| | bonfires, dancing, parades and dressing
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| the United Kingdom which is now Ireland,
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| | up in costumes. Together, the three
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| the Celts celebrated the beginning of
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| | celebrations, the eve of All Saints', All
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| their new year on November 1. As a
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| | Saints' and All Souls', were collectively
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| result, October 31, or Samhain as the
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| | called Hallowmas.The way we celebrate
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| Celts called it, was a night to
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| | Halloween in America, trick-or-treating,
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| celebrate. The Celts believed that on
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| | is probably related to the All Souls' Day
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| that one night each year, the wall
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| | parades in early England. At this time,
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| between the worlds of the living and the
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| | the poor would beg for food. They would
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| dead were easier to cross over and the
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| | be given "soul cakes" in return for
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| barrier was thinner. Because of this,
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| | praying for the family's dead relatives.
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| they believed that the spirits of the
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| | Eventually, this turned into children
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| dead returned to the world of the living
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| | visiting neighborhood houses and being
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| and caused all sorts of trouble and
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| | given treats such as beer, food and
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| damage. Since the spirits were present
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| | money.With the new flood of immigrants in
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| on earth, the Celts believed that their
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| | the late 1800s, the millions of Irish
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| priests, the Druids, were able to make
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| | entering the US helped shape the
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| predictions about the future more
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| | celebration of Halloween. From Irish and
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| easily.Since this celebration was an end
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| | English traditions, Americans began
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| to the summer and a beginning to the
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| | dressing up in costumes and going house
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| long, dark, cold, winter the people were
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| | to house asking for food or money. By
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| hopeful if the Druids were able to make
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| | the end of the 19th century, many people
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| positive predictions for the hard time
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| | began to try to mold Halloween into a
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| ahead. After the Romans conquered the
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| | holiday that was more about the community
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| British Isles, the Celtic celebration of
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| | and community celebrations than about
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| Samhain was combined with a couple of
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| | spirits, pranks or witchcraft. Parents
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| Roman holidays. Feralia was a day that
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| | were encouraged to make the parties for
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| the Romans honored their dead in late
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| | their children and families less
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| October. The other holiday was in honor
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| | frightening and attempt to take out the
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| of Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit and
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| | fearful aspects of Halloween.Today
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| trees. Pomona was associated especially
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| | Halloween is the second biggest
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| with the apple and because of this, the
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| | commercial holiday in America. Americans
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| tradition of bobbing for apples may be
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| | spend billions of dollars on candy,
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| associated with Pomona after her holiday
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| | costumes and parties. Children look
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| was lumped in with Samhain and
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| | forward to Halloween every year, partly
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| Feralia.With the spread of Christianity,
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| | because they are able to dress up and be
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| Halloween was incorporated into a new
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| | a different person or being for a night,
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| holiday, All Saints' Day, which was a day
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| | but mostly because of the loot they
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| to honor saints and martyrs on November
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| | receive from going door to door in their
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| 1. This holiday was also called
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| | neighborhood.
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| All-hallows or All-hallowmas (which is
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