Halloween, All Saints Eve

HALLOWEEN all saints eve the night it is said when the ghosts and ghouls come out to play.

Halloween has origins in the ancient Celtic festival known as Samhain, possibly derived from Gaulish samonios. The festival of Samhain is a celebration of the end of the harvest season in Gaelic culture, and is sometimes regarded as the "Celtic New Year". Traditionally, the festival was a time used by the ancient Celtic pagans to take stock of supplies and slaughter livestock for winter stores. The ancient Celts believed that on October 31, now known as Halloween, the boundary between the living and the deceased dissolved, and the dead become dangerous for the living by causing problems such as sickness or damaged crops. The festivals would frequently involve bonfires, into which the bones of slaughtered livestock were thrown. Costumes and masks being worn at Halloween goes back to the Celtic traditions of attempting to copy the evil spirits or placate them, in Scotland for instance where the dead were impersonated by young men with masked, veiled or blackened faces, dressed in white.

Now halloween is celebrated over most of western world with trick and treating and parties. It is fun for kids to dress up in skeleton and all sorts of scary costumes. But did you know that it dates back to the middle ages.

Nowadays people give and recieve gifts on halloween and especially for this ocassion we at Jusbyjulie.com have created a selection of gifts for you to give your family and friends.