As we all know, Halloween is one of the biggest holidays in the world and particularly so in the United States. This simple celebration has become a worldwide phenomenon of pleasure and anticipation as many are always waiting for the candy, costumes and all that have made this specific day as iconic to many kids and adults alike.

Even with Halloween being so well known, many don’t know that it was originally called All Hallows Eve and that it was to originally deal with spirits and that it was a European tradition before coming to the United States.

The people who celebrated it had started carving vegetables for lighting large bonfires and wearing animal skins which inevitably led to carving Jack O Lanterns, campfire stories and trick or treating and costumes for the event in general. 

Many Christians celebrated Halloween in their own ways relating to the religious roots of the holiday and continued to do so when Halloween first came to the US during the 19th century. 

In later decades such as the 20s and the 50s the Halloween traditions that we have known for years began, as American candy companies started taking advantage: whilst Hollywood started churning out horror movies.

The long history of Halloween is one of the most deeply rooted traditions in the history of American and or European holidays and these examples all show how truly extensive its history has been. Hopefully this has been educational to previously unknowing people of both young and old generations to help us truly be able to understand and appreciate the holiday traditions and activities we all know and love of the very day October 31.