The origins of Halloween

Halloween’s origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain. The Celts,  the United Kingdom and northern France, celebrated their new year on November 1. 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. On the night of October 31 they celebrated Samhain, when it was believed that the ghosts of the dead returned to Earth. For a people entirely dependent on the volatile natural world.