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Pumpkins and scary outfits - it's Halloween!

These days nearly everybody celebrates Halloween. They dress up, look scary, go trick or treating and have much fun. But most of them don't know what they are celebrating.

Honestly, before I read the texts and watched the videos I also had no idea what Halloween really is about. I never celebrated Halloween and wasn't interested in it. Of course I'm still going to Halloween parties but only to have fun with my friends. When I was little I have never been trick or treating. I thought Halloween came from America to us because they're all so crazy about it. But after reading all the information on the internet I found out much about the "real" Halloween.

Originally Halloween is a Celtic festival which started about 2000 years ago. They celebrated "Samhain" at the 1st of November each year. This date marked the end of harvest season and the begin of the winter. They called the night before "Samhain" "All hallows' eve" which was the 31st of October. The Celtic believed that on this day the dead would rise as ghosts. That's why they left food and wine in front of their doors and dressed up as ghosts to be mistaken as a fellow ghost. Throughout the years the name "All hallow's eve" changed to "Halloween". 

As we know now Halloween is not originally American instead the first Irish immigrants brought their traditions to America. It's also interesting how different other countries are celebrating this day. Compared to the Celtics the Spanish or Mexican people are not afraid of the dead. They honor them when they return on Halloween.

Now, after all this information I know how Halloween came into it's existence and I will remember this when I am at my next Halloween Party.