Halloween 2021

October 1, 2021
The same time every year we celebrate Halloween, the spookiest time of all. Well, it’s almost that time of year again, and GC is ready to live it up. Halloween can be celebrated in many ways. Though it was originally celebrated when people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off ghosts in the Celtic festival of Samhain, we now commemorate it by putting out pumpkins and trick or treating. This holiday can have many customs, read on to find out how students here at GC spend their Halloweens.
Origin
Halloween came from the Celtic festival of Samhain, as well as the traditions stated before. When they first started the tradition, November 1 was marked as the end of harvest and the start of the dark, cold winter. This time was very frequently associated with human death. People believed on that night the boundaries between the living and dead worlds blurred. However, on the night of October 31 they celebrated, believing the dead returned to the earth. Eventually Halloween came to America, where we celebrated it with “Play Parties.” They consisted of sharing stories, telling fortunes, and singing with dancing. Though it wasn’t truly popular in America until the second half of the 19th century, we now celebrate it all around and enjoy ourselves.