I found a great post by Chrissie F in yahoo answers where someone asked a question about the history of Halloween. Even I was attracted to the question because even I want to know the history of it. And I hope you guys too want to know its history, right?

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So, lets come to the topic, here goes the reply back post for the question asked, about the history of Halloween.

Apparently it’s based on the Celtic ‘fire festival’ when fairies were thought to roam the land. The tradition arrived in America and Canada when the Irish came over, fleeing the potato famine in the 19th century. From there it has come back to the UK (the long way). The Celtic tradition had children dressing up as fairies and going door to door begging treats, with tricks played if they were turned away. They carried lanterns carved from swedes or turnips, it’s only when the tradition got to America that pumpkins got involved.

In the 80’s, in the Midlands, Halloween and bonfire night were sort of mixed up, and can assure that the reason is in these Celtic roots. Studies by J & I Opie in the 1950’s showed that the celebration of halloween in the UK was sharply devided geographically. ‘Those living to the north and West of a line from the mouth of the Humber to Knighton, then South along the English/Welsh border and on through Dorset…’ took part in enthusiastic celebrations, those on the other side did not.

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