Halloween is all about costumes, parties, and trick-or-treating,
but that is only a recent development of the last seventy-five
years. Halloween actually began with a more dark and magical
purpose thousands of years ago. It was a long journey from the
spirits of the dead to your little sister’s must-have princess
costume. Eve of Samhain actually began as a Celtic pagan
festival in Ireland, but it didn't actually have name we all
know and love. The beginning of November marked the season for
winter and food shortages, or Samhain – the season of death.
Evil spirits began to appear on November 1, so to scare away the
evil spirits on the Eve of Samhain, families would paint scary
faces on gourds or pumpkins and even disguise themselves in
scary costumes. Villages would light big bonfires for sacrifices
and prophecies, and it was widely acknowledged that fairies
would also go door to door on the Eve of Samhain in disguise. As
it is not wise to anger a fairy, villagers would offer the
fairies food. It was also well