Halloween Wishes

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays.

The holiday’s origin is in the ancient Celtic festival known as Samhain.  The Celts celebrated their new year on November 1.  It marked the end of the harvest and the beginning of winter, which was often associated with death.  So on the night of October 31, the worlds of the living and dead become blurred…and the dead would come back to earth.  Early ceremonies were bonfires, where people wore costumes and offered sweets in the hopes that the spirits would not damage their crops.

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