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Samhain was a Celtic festival that was celebrated 2,000 years ago. It was their New Year's Eve, celebrated the 1st of November.

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Let's learn a little bit more about this festivitie...

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Let's learn a little bit more about this festivitie...

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Bet You Didn't Know: Halloween | History

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Celtic people used to think ghost were walking around the city so they wore costumes so they would look like ghosts, to keep this spirits at ease.

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The Catholic Church wanted to create a Christian festivity to replace the Celtic one, so they created All Saints' Eve or All Hallows' Eve.

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they left food for the ghosts to eat.

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Halloween arrived to the colonies in America, but mostly to the Maryland and the southern colonies. Most of the others were Protestant and did not accept the festivity. People would dance, sing, dress up, tell stories about the dead...

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Young women thought they could play tricks and magic spells in order to discover their future husband.

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When Halloween arrived in America, new traditions were created such as Trick or Treat. They started to dress up and go around the houses asking for food or money.

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On the 2nd of November, poor people would go to family houses and ask for buns in return of praying for the dead relatives of that family.

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Symbols of Halloween like black cats emerged due to the superstitions and witchcraft practiced on that day. It was thought that witches turned into black cats to avoid being seen.

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Why do we crave them? Well, it all brings us back to the legend of Stingy Jack. We crave pumpkins, but at the beginning, we used to crave TURNIPS!

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Fires, like the ones inside the Jack O'Lanterns, were used to guide spirits back to their families. They would light the turnips and other fires in front of their doors so they wouldn't go in.

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When this festivity arrived to America, turnips weren't as accessible there, so they started using a similar vegetable: pumpkins. They craved that instead to make Jack O'Lanterns.

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In 1780, John Mayne was the first author writing about the pranks and witchcraft practiced on that specific day.

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Mexican skull

Ghost

Witch

Mummy

Scary clown

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When themed parks like Disneyland started to hold events on this day, Halloween began to be globalized and some topics like costumes and food lost their true roots.

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Songs like This is Halloween, started appearing in movies and were a true symbol for this festivity, being sung by kids throughout all history.

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El día de los muertos
Is a very similar tradition to Halloween, but celebrated in México. The main difference is that:
In Mexico they CELEBRATE the dead, they are not afraid of them.