Why is there a holiday where we all dress up and hound our neighbors for candy? Well, let me tell you, people didn't always dress up as Elmo or Ariel to get candy.
2,000 years ago the Celtic's celebrated something called the Festival of Samhain (sow-in) on October 31st and November 1st. November 1st was the start of their new years. Sorta like how we have New Years Eve. Anyway, the people thought that the barrier between worlds were weaker on October 31st and that Fairies or Sidhs were able to pass through. They left offerings outside there villages and dressed up as monsters so that the fairies would't kidnap them.
2,000 years ago the Celtic's celebrated something called the Festival of Samhain (sow-in) on October 31st and November 1st. November 1st was the start of their new years. Sorta like how we have New Years Eve. Anyway, the people thought that the barrier between worlds were weaker on October 31st and that Fairies or Sidhs were able to pass through. They left offerings outside there villages and dressed up as monsters so that the fairies would't kidnap them.
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