What does Halloween mean to you? Is it a day to wear the most original Halloween costume and have lots of fun; for tricks and treats; or is there more to it?
A BRIEF RUNDOWN OF THE HISTORY OF HALLOWEEN:
On Halloween, it was thought that the dead came back to the earth to dwell among the living. In a bid to avoid encountering the dead, people always dressed up in costumes as a guise to ward away the dead.
Originally, Halloween costumes were meant to trick the evil spirits that were believed to be roaming the earth on the Halloween night. But by the 11th century, the church adapted Halloween and introduced a tradition called “souling”.
Souling means children offering prayers for the souls of dead friends and families in exchange for soul cakes. Children will go door to door in their Halloween costumes, dressed up as angels, demons, or saints. This later gave rise to the trick-or-treating that has become a huge part of Halloween today.
HALLOWEEN COSTUMES
From past records, Americans spend an average of $80 each on their Halloween costume. People are always willing to top what they wore the year before, even if it …