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Happy Halloween ! By Teresa Schatz, Randi Miick, Elizabeth Castillo

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Happy Halloween!
By Teresa Schatz, Randi Miick, Elizabeth Castillo
The colors are bright, the dead come alive, and the cool air is freezing. Halloween is a fun time of the year to have fun and show others your creative and unique costumes; each costume is a part of that person and their personality.

Halloween originally was a holiday to ward off ghost and unwanted spirits. Most aspects of the tradition are thought to have originated from Celtic in the British Isles, who were celebrating the feast of Samhain, the new year, which started on November 1st. The Celts lived 2,000 years ago in what is now known as Ireland, the United Kingdom and northern France.

The first celebrations of the holiday occurred in New England and consisted of public

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