HALLOWEEN

A long time ago, the Celts (who lived in Ireland, Scotland and Wales) celebrated the new year on 1st November, and the night before that, 31st October, was the eve of the Celtic new year, called "All Hallows' Eve". The Celts believed that souls of dead people came back to the earth during that night to find a new body for themselves. Of course, no one wanted a ghost to  live in his body, so people dressed up to look like the souls of the dead. 

When Christianity came to Ireland, people no longer celebrated the new year on 1st November but they didn't stop the tradition of dressing up as ghosts. When millions of Irish people immigrated to the United States in the 1840s, the tradition came with them. These days, on 31st October every year, people in the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada celebrate Halloween. It is a celebration mostly for children, although more and more adults celebrate Halloween as well.

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