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Article: Halloween past and present.
- Article from:
- Children's Digest
- Article date:
- October 1, 1998
- Author:
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The night is dark, except for the light of the crackling bonfires. The eerie chants of Druid (DROO-id) priests offering gifts to Samhain, their sun god, drift down from the wooded hills of ancient England.
For three days the celebration goes on. In the valleys the people are feasting. Some are dressed in costumes made of animal heads and skins. The villagers give thanks for a full harvest and hope the winter will not be hard.
From the time of the ancient Celts, who lived in England thousands of years ago, there has always been some kind of celebration around the time we now celebrate as Halloween. The Christians kept the tradition alive by celebrating ...