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Halloween's
origins
date
back
to
the
Celtic
festival
of
(
pronounced
sow
-
in
)
.
The
Celts
,
who
lived
2
,
000
years
in
the
area
that
is
now
Ireland
,
the
United
Kingdom
and
northern
France
,
their
new
year
on
November
1
.
This
day
marked
the
end
of
and
the
harvest
and
the
of
the
dark
,
winter
,
a
time
of
year
that
was
often
associated
with
human
.
Celts
that
on
the
night
before
the
new
year
,
the
between
the
worlds
of
the
living
and
the
dead
became
.
On
the
night
of
October
31
they
celebrated
Samhain
,
when
it
was
believed
that
the
ghosts
of
the
dead
returned
to
earth
.
In
to
causing
trouble
and
damaging
crops
,
Celts
thought
that
the
presence
of
the
otherworldly
spirits
made
it
easier
for
the
Druids
,
or
Celtic
priests
,
to
make
about
the
future
.
For
a
people
entirely
on
the
volatile
natural
world
,
these
prophecies
were
an
source
of
comfort
and
direction
during
the
long
,
dark
winter
.