Halloween, or All Hallows Eve, will soon be here? What will you dress up as this year??
I think so. I am not sure what it will be. 
Halloween marks the beginning of Allhallowtide, a 3 day holiday that remembers the dead, martyrs, and the departed.
That does sound scary. How long has halloween been around
We believe that Halloween originated as a Celtic tradition, it may have been a harvest festival related to Samhain.  In any case it was a pagan holiday. 
How did it become what it is know as today
many Halloween traditions originated from ancient Celtic harvest festivals, particularly the Gaelic festival Samhain; that such festivals may have had pagan roots; and that Samhain itself was Christianized as Halloween by the early Church. Some believe, however, that Halloween began solely as a Christian holiday, separate from ancient festivals like Samhain.
Halloween activities include trick-or-treating (or the related guising and souling), attending Halloween costume parties, carving pumpkins into jack-o'-lanterns, lighting bonfires, apple bobbing, divination games, playing pranks
Halloween
Halloween or Hallowe'en (a contraction of Hallows' Even or Hallows' Evening), also known as Allhalloween, All Hallows' Eve, or All Saints' Eve, is a celebration observed in several countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows' Day. It begins the three-day observance of Allhallowtide, the time in the liturgical year dedicated to remembering the dead, including saints (hallows), martyrs, and all the faithful departed.
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