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(Detroit.CityRegions.Com, October 21, 2015 ) Taylor, MI -- Virtually all Halloween traditions can be traced to the ancient Celtic "day of the dead". The Celts believed that, on that day, the ghosts of those who had died during the year were able to mingle with the living.
Halloween is a holiday of many mysterious customs, but each one has a history, or at least a story behind it. The wearing of costumes, for instance, and roaming from door to door demanding treats can be traced to the Celtic period and the first few centuries of the Christian era, when it was thought that the souls of the dead were out and around along with fairies, witches, and demons and offerings of food and drink were left out to placate them.
As the centuries wore on, people began dressing like dreadful creatures who performed tricks in exchange for food and drink. This practice eventually evolved into the practice of trick-or-treating. To this day, witches, ghosts, and skeleton figures are among the favorite disguises.
Halloween also retains some features that harken back to the original harvest holiday such as bobbing for apples, carving faces onto vegetables like pumpkins, and imbibing drinks made from local fruits such as apple cider.
Today Halloween has become an adult holiday or masquerade similar to Mardi Gras. Men and women in every disguise imaginable are taking to the streets and parading past carved and candlelit jack o'lanterns and re- enacting customs that are centuries old.
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