History of Halloween

At the end of every October, we celebrate a holiday known as Halloween. But, what is behind all of the trick or treating, the candy, and the spooky theme that comes with the holiday? Is there a history?

Actually, Halloween can be traced back to the Ancient Celtics. They celebrated Halloween as the end of a harvest season, and sometimes is regarded as the "Celtic New Year". It was a time for the Pageans to gather stock, and slaughter their livestock for the winter months. They celebrated by throwing bones of slaughtered animals into bonfires. In a different perspective, the Ancient Geals thought that October 31 was the boundary between the alive, and deceased dissolved. They beleived that this caused sickness and disease of the crops. It was the combination of the Ancient Celtics and Geals beliefs of October 31 that our holiday is founded on.
The name "Halloween" is simply a shortened word for "All Hallow's Even", since it is the eve of "All Hallows Day". Also known as "All Saints Day", it was celebrated as a religious holiday until popes Gregory III and Gregory IV moved All Saints Day from May 13 to November 1.

Now, some people say that Halloween was simply created by candy companies in attempts to sell more of their products, but I'm here to tell you that theory is absolutely wrong. Actually, according to these links, all of the information here is based on fact:

http://www.history.com/minisites/halloween/viewPage?pageId=713
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween
http://www.new-life.net/halowen1.htm

So, how did Halloween tranform from throwing bones into a bonfire, into wearing costumes of ghosts and vampires while knocking on random people's doors and yelling in their annoyed face "Trick-or-Treat!" Well, I don't know. But, I can assume that our traditions will continue on for years to come, and 500 years from now, you will still see kids frollicing in the unflowery streets with bags of rotten candy with smiles on their faces during October 31, our Halloween.