THE FESTIVAL

Halloween is a very old holiday. In the 5th century, the Celts in Ireland celebrated their New Year on this day. They thought that the dead returned on October 31 st and tried to possess the bodies of the living so they started the tradition of dreesing up as a ghost or witch to scare the spirits away.

The holiday of Halloween came to Ameria with the Irish immigrants in the 19th century. The Irish-Americans started to use pumpkins as decorations on october 31st.

A trick or treat?

The costum of trick or treat probably has several origins, mostly Irish. Primarily, children went door to door begging for a candy. Now, the smaller children would dress up an go to the neighbours houses do little perfomances, and then ask for a reward.