History Of Halloween
Halloween is celebrated every October the 31st. Where did the tradition start?
The Celts celebrated the end of Summer and the beginning of Winter with a festival involving fire. They built bonfires to frighten away evil spirits.
The Celts turned turnips into turnip lanterns in their Halloween celebrations.
When Christians came to Ireland the church partly took over the festival and changed it into All Souls Day and celebrated the next day as All Saints Day.
On the 31st of October bonfires were lit in the streets and countryside and children let off fireworks and took part in apple bobbing.
In England generally children celebrated the 5th of November, Guy Fawkes and the gunpowder plot instead.
In America Halloween became very important and children went round 'trick or treating' They dressed up in frightening Halloween costumes and called round there neighbours houses expecting treats of chocolate and sweets.
However turnips were not available in America so they made pumpkin lanterns instead.