 It's Halloween! Time of the year that's absolutely freakish and screaming fun. Now today's Halloween isn't the same as it was 2000 years ago. American Halloween customs are gradually taking over this celebration. Halloween traditions and Halloween customs can be passed from generation to generation.
 Did you know that the roots of Halloween lie way back in centuries in the ancient Celtic New Year's festival, Samhain? Well, in pre-Christian Ireland, the Celts believed that on this day the spirits of the dead came down to earth & so the Celtic priests or Druids built bonfires on this day and offered sacrifices. The people dressed up in costumes to keep the Halloween spirits at bay. Now if you're brainy enough, it won't be hard for you to guess that the modern tradition of wearing costumes on Halloween traces back to this practice!
 Wondering where the freaky Halloween tradition of trick-or-treat came from? Now, this had been 'gifted' to the United States by the Irish immigrants who fled their country during the potato famine. The Irish celebration of Halloween or the Hallow E'en (evening of the Hallow), as it's called in Ireland, means All Hallows Eve, or the night before the 'All Hallows'. On All Hallows Eve or Halloween, the Irish beggars went asking for food or money from the rich. If refused, they were threatened to be destroyed by the evil spirits. But who wants to take chance on Halloween? Better start preparing the soul-cakes & candy bags chockablock with nuts and candy, fruit and gum for Halloween!
 n 1950, a bunch of Philadelphian youngsters went about collecting money on Halloween carrying decorated milk cartons. And guess what? These little beings then sent their collected Halloween sum to UNICEF to help the world's other children! Now that's what we call being angels 'in disguise', right? Finally this boiled down to the current fun-fiesta of trick-or-treating on Halloween! And it sure gives a special spooky touch to Halloween celebrations now. Hey are you ready to freak out on Halloween fun? Don't miss out...
 Like Halloween, the funky Halloween tradition of carving Halloween pumpkins comes from the Celts too! The legend goes like this that there once lived a miserly drunkard called Jack who was doomed to wander the earth carrying a hollowed-out turnip with a burning ember inside it. Eventually turnip was replaced with the Halloween pumpkin in America and became the modern Jack-o-Lantern of Halloween. It's said that placing a Halloween jack-o-lantern on the porch or in the window, frightens away the evil spirits on Halloween! Did you carve one out yet? If not, get going! Halloween’s here!
Now if you are the extra-careful kind, you can try these out too:
- Ring a bell on Halloween to scare the ghouls away.
- Sprinkle salt & oatmeal on children's head to keep them away from spooks on Halloween night.
- Walk around your home backwards three times before sunset on Halloween.
- Bobbing for apples is a well-established Halloween custom
 But meeting a spook or two on Halloween won't be as bad! You know some of them can make real 'soul'-mates...but only if you dare to chum up, that is! How about hanging out with your 'mates' on Halloween?
Witch is the best way to witch a witch on Halloween? Uh...oh...Do you know which is the best way to wish a witch on Halloween? Just bring her a handsome wizard and she'll be swept off her feet! You think that's why they're always up in the air? Can be...who knows?
But if you're a brave heart and want to meet a witch on Halloween night, you can put on your clothes inside out and walk backwards! This is just a Halloween belief, but you can try it out this Halloween!
 Halloween celebrations like Halloween party, Halloween birthday or Halloween fun have evolved through the years. The witches, the ghosts, the goblins, the black cats, the jack-o-lanterns, the spiders, the werewolves, the fun with freakish costumes--all still remaining, Halloween celebrations are astronomical in today’s world! And the fun seems never to end. So get started to raise the right spirit this Halloween and spook up your folks for a real fun Halloween
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