Interesting Facts About Halloween!

Halloween is the day of All Saints' or it is also known as All Hallows' eve, it falls on October 31 every year. Meaning of Halloween is 'holy evening' or 'hallowed evening'. It is a day of celebration and superstition.

Halloween is thought to be associated with the Celtic festival known as 'Samhain'. Samhain is celebrated as the end of the harvest season in culture of Gaelic. This day marked the beginning of the dark and end of the summers.

According to the beliefs, on this day souls of the dead and spirits or Fairies come into our world. Traditional activities of Halloween include bonfires, visiting haunted house, trick-or-treating and carving jack-o-laterns.

During the festival, people wear costumes and frightening masks to hide their identity. They place bowls of food outside their house to keep the ghost away from their house. In many parts of America and Scotland, tradition of trick-or-treating is popular. In Ireland people lit candles and pray for the dead relatives.