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The History of Halloween

  • October 31, 2012
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

Trick-or-treating has been traced back more than 2,000 years, to the Celtic celebration known as Samhain (pronounced “SAH-win”). In the areas now known as Ireland and the U.K., people dressed up as spirits and visited neighbors, acting silly in exchange for food and drink.

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