Viewpoints Explained: Where Halloween Really Comes From
This is Viewpoints Explained… This period marked the end of harvest season and the arrival of winter’s long and cold nights. According to records from the library of congress, Celtics believed the barrier between the living and the dead was at its weakest point on October thirty-first. To ward off these ghosts, people lit massive fires, disguised themselves in animal skins and left offerings for the dead. As time passed and Christianity spread through Europe, the church reworked these older […]
