does anyone know the real story behind halloween like its history
2006-10-30 12:45:40 · 10 answers · asked by lauren d 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Halloween
I saw the same special that sweetie saw...it started around 3,000 years ago in Ireland by the Celtic people and was centered around harvest rites and they chose the last day of the harvest called Samhain or pronounced Sow-ain...the Romans incorporated some of the rites when they invaded the Isles and they intermingled and mixed...and later on with the advent of Christianity instead of trying to stamp out the holiday they too blended the customs together...
Then it came to America with the influx of Irish immigrants and was expanded upon during Victorian times...
It became more of a holiday for children until recently when more and more adults started getting in on the fun...a very very very truncated version whewwwwww LOL
2006-10-30 13:00:13 · answer #1 · answered by tigerlily_catmom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is an ancient Celtic holiday when it is said that the dead would haunt the earth. People dressed up to scare off the bad spirits. Christians later morphed it to their holiday, All Saints Day, by making it All Hallows Eve. This later became Halloween
Trick or treating was started when the poor would beg at the houses for rich. In exchange for food and/or money, the beggars would pray for their rich benefactors, However, if they were denied food and/or money, the beggars would curse them
2006-10-30 13:03:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
okay the history is suppose to be something to do with the mexicans and they believed that the spirits of the dead would visit them this one day of the year and they would set out a big feast for them and its still a huge tradition in mexico and everyone else adapted it into a scary holiday for people of all ages (mainly children)
2006-10-30 12:55:22 · answer #3 · answered by MaGeNtA MaRe 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on your age, but here are some ideas for if your a little youngish Chocolate bar cow Michael jackson grapes - use purple/ green balloons pin all over your body (looks good) a muppet George Bush
2016-05-22 13:32:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is a legend about halloween. jack waz walking along along a bunch of trees and in one of those trees waz an evil sprit it grabbed and imprisoned him for several years then whan he escaped the first thing he did was carve an evil face into the tree.
?get the point?
2006-10-30 12:55:21 · answer #5 · answered by HUI F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WELL HALLOWEEN COMES FROM THE VEARSE ALL HALLOWS EVE ITS A DAY I THINK WHERE CORPSES RISE FROM THE DEAD, AND WE CELEBRATE IT BY WEARING SCARY COSTUMES AND GETTING CANDY. I DONT KNOW WHY KIDS BEGG FOR CANDY ANYWAYS, BUT ITS FOR A GOOD REASON. THE MASKS CAME FROM BACK THEN PEOPLE USED TO THINK SOME GHOST WAS AFTER THEM AND THEY WOULD PUT A MASK ON SO THE GHOST WOULDN'T KNOW WHO THEY WHER, SO THATS ALL IN MY NOGIN ABOUT THIS QUESTION SO HOPE YOU SEE IT CLEARLY IN YER MIND!
2006-10-30 12:53:44 · answer #6 · answered by beach_babe! 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
type "history of halloween" on google and you are bound to get some stuff
2006-10-30 12:48:23 · answer #7 · answered by ~αlbα~ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i watched a special on it yesterday. its a mix between celtic and roman traditions (like before jesus was around), and has evolved since then. sorry i can't give you any more info, but it was an hour long special. i can't type that much!
2006-10-30 12:51:27 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
getting candy and scaring people. well i'm not really sure the story, but i some of it's history is celeabrating the dead.
2006-10-30 12:48:07 · answer #9 · answered by ~*MoRmOn GiRl*~ 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
trick or treating.
2006-10-30 12:51:38 · answer #10 · answered by seb_man188 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋