It is Halloween again! You better prepare some sweets for your neighbors, especially those with children, or you will have nothing to give those excited kids who knock at your door and say "Trick or Treat!" to you. In case you are not familiar with trick or treating, it is a custom on Halloween night that kids visit houses and ask for their beloved sweets.
Halloween is certainly not a child's privilege but also for adults to reminisce the good old days by gathering candies that were once their favorite when they were young. To know about Halloween's history, we have to go far beyond our parents' generation because the origin dates back to centuries ago, back into the days of pagan rituals; even before they have been made a part of the Church.
There has been various versions concerning the origin of its name, but no one can really be sure that their stories are right. A few suggested that it came from the Celtics who were celebrating a good harvest. What gave this festival the spookiness has to do with a myth. On this night, the dead would rise from their death and cast spells on the crops and the living people. This explains why people carve frightening profiles on pumpkins and dressed as terrifying spirits for Halloween nowadays.
When it comes to the tradition of trick-or-treating (the most enjoyable part of Halloween, really!), it is said that it has begun back in the Middle Ages. Back then, the poor would visit homes to pray for their deceased family and friends. In exchange, they would be given food.
If you think about it, we may possibly be able to see a shadow of those food in the sweet range of candies now given out to costumed children nowadays!
Stories and speculations still come up every now and then about the origins of Halloween, however, it has been widely believed that it is of Irish and English descent. But, if you think about it, does it really matter where this tradition started? Not really.
What is important today is that all people, including both children and adults, enjoy the festival. With a wide variety of costumes, you can be different types of scary characters such as ghosts, vampires, skeletons and even monsters. This makes the night more exciting.
After all, you will be delighted to see the smiling faces of little kids under the most horrendous outfits, and be reminded of the times when you were those who had a great time living out the tradition of Halloween.
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