Halloween

Halloween is a shortening of all hallows evening. Halloween has its origins in the ancient Celtic festival known as Samhain. This festival was celebrated by lighting bonfires and wearing costumes to ward off roaming ghosts. They believed that on October 31, the boundaries between the worlds of the living and the dead overlapped and the deceased would come back to life causing sickness or damaging crops. Halloween today is celebrated nationwide, by children and adults. “I don’t know that there are real ghosts and goblins but there are always more trick or treats than neighborhood kid,’’ Robert Brault claimed.