The History Of Halloween
By: Emily Guiles Halloween is one of the most popular holidays in the United States, but it hasn’t always been so. Halloween started out as an ancient Celtic festival called Samhain, and its roots are far more sinister than the commercialized Halloween that we know today. At the festival of Samhain the Celts would light huge bonfires and wear scary costumes in order to ward off harmful spirits. This celebration took place on October 31, 2015 because the Celts celebrated […]