It takes its origins from the Celts more than 2000 years ago,so it's a Celtic festival.
The Celtic name for Halloween was Samhain and it celebrated the end of the summer,
the last harvest and the end of the year,so it also celebrated New Year's Eve because
for the Celts there were only two seasons that were summer and winter.
The Celts also believed that the evening of Samhain was magical because the veil that separated
the world of the living and world of the dead was very thin so they could cross it easily.
People used to put outside somthing. For the good spirits they put food and for the bad spirits
they hollowed out the turnips with scary faces. In the past the priest,when the sun went down, set fire to
bonfires and gave people a piece of the burning embers,so people could carry them to their houses as a blessing.
Today people put jack o' lanterns outside their doors with scary faces and embers inside them.
That's all. See you soon!
Kisses,Paola.
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