HISTORY OF HALLOWEEN

Hundreds of years ago , the celts lived in Europe and on the British isles . They thought that the souls of dead people visited Earth on the last day of October. They celebrated this day and called it Samhain. When the Roman Empire conquered the Celts , they adopted many celebrations of they , included Samhain.Then , this festival was extended across a big part of  the world.                                                                                     How did we get the name Halloween?In the 8th Century, the Catholic Church declared November 1 to be All Saints' Day. That day was called Allhalloween,then  it was shortened to call it Halloween. The people dress up scary creatures because they want scare the souls of dead people who come to Earth on Halloween eve. Years ago this people also carried food to the edge of town and left it there for them to eat and they don't come to  town.