HISTORY OF HALLOWEEN

Halloween is an annual holiday, celebrated each year on October 31, that has roots in age-old European traditions.
It originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off ghosts.

In the eighth century, Pope Gregory III designated November 1 as a time to honor all saints; soon, All Saints Day incorporated some of the traditions of Samhain. The evening before was known as All Hallows Eve, and later Halloween.
This day marked the end of summer and the harvest and the beginning of the dark, cold winter, a time of year that was often associated with human death. Celts believed that on the night before the new year, the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred. On the night of October 31, they celebrated Samhain, when it was believed that the ghosts of the dead returned to earth.

The best celebrity Halloween costumes this year

Here are some of the most amazing, cute and creepy costumes we're seeing this year:

Rachel Ray

Rita Ora

Colton Haynes

Jerry Seinfeld and Jessica Seinfeld

Jason Derulo

Jaime King

Aubrey O'Day

Peta Murgatroyd and Maksim Chmerkovskiy

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