Halloween is celebrated
on October 31st
in Canada.
Halloween is a favorite
family celebration – a
time for traditions such
as dressing in costumes,
trick-or-treating around
the neighborhood, and
carving pumpkins.
Children dress up in
funny or scary costumes
and go "trick or
treating", and neighbors
are expected to respond
by giving them small
treats. Adults may also
dress in costume for
Halloween parties.
Halloween (the evening
before All Saints or All
Hallows Day) is a
secular celebration
based on ancient Druid
customs dating back to
700 B.C. The Druids, a
Celtic religious order
in ancient Britain,
Ireland and France,
believed that the souls
of the dead returned to
mingle with the living
on "hallowed eve,"
October 31. Each year on
that night, the Druids
would build bonfires and
offer sacrifices of
crops and animals, and
individuals would dress
in costumes to disguise
themselves from these
spirits.
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