{"id":2403,"date":"2025-10-06T14:47:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T14:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lenapetechtimes.com\/?p=2403"},"modified":"2025-10-06T14:47:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T14:47:17","slug":"the-history-of-halloween-by-aleyah-hooks-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lenapetechtimes.com\/?p=2403","title":{"rendered":"The History of Halloween   By: Aleyah Hooks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW212222633 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW212222633 BCX8\">Most people <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW212222633 BCX8\">don\u2019t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW212222633 BCX8\"> know that Halloween<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW212222633 BCX8\">\u2019s origins go back to the ancient Celtic festiv<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW212222633 BCX8\">al <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW212222633 BCX8\">of <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW212222633 BCX8\">Samhain,<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW212222633 BCX8\"> which was when <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW212222633 BCX8\">in other countries, the new year was celebrated <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW212222633 BCX8\">on<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW212222633 BCX8\">November<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW212222633 BCX8\"> first. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW212222633 BCX8\">According to history.com, the reason for this was because that day marked the end of summer and the harvest and the beginning of the dark, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW212222633 BCX8\">cold winter<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW212222633 BCX8\">, a time of year often associated with human death. 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