Halloween is a very old holiday that was started by the Celts. They thought that on that night the barrier between the living and the dead was destroyed. Its was thought that the evil spirits would roam that night and destroy crops and cause sickness. In order to prevent this they wore masks to try to confuse the evil spirits, and that is how the costumes came along. The name "Halloween" came from the abbreviation of "All Hallows Eve", which is the day before All Saints Day.
Halloween wasn't a holiday in the US until about 1845-1849 when the Irish Potato Famine hit and many immigrants moved to the US bringing their customs and holidays. After 1870 children began to go trick-or-treating until the turn of the 20th century. From then until 1930 Halloween was a night of vandalism and destruction. By the end of the 1930's trick-or-treating was widespread in the US.
Personally I could take or leave Halloween. When I was younger I liked it because I could go run around at night and get free candy. Now that I'm older I don't go trick-or-treating but I do enjoy going to other people's parties. If there wasn't a Halloween I would be upset, but I would miss all the parties.
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