Halloween, also known as All-hallow-even, All Hallows Eve and All Saints' Eve, started out as a Celtic holiday in which spirits of the dead could come back to earth. In order to attract friendly family members, food was left on doorsteps and to scare off evil spirits the Celts wore masks. When the Romans invaded Great Britain they added their own traditions of celebrating the harvest and honoring the dead.

Some facts and myths concerning Halloween:

• Halloween is NOT a satanic holiday. Christian missionaries adopted some of the original Celtic ideas with their own beliefs and that's what we celebrate today.
• Scares of poisoned candy are rife at Halloween but there have been no actual cases of random candy poisoning. Concerning pins and razors, there have been about 80 incidents since the 50s and almost every one turned out to have been a hoax.
  
• Wiccans and modern witches DO NOT worship the devil. Most of them don't even believe in him!
  
• Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF is a fundraising event to help children all over the world. Trick-or-Treat For UNICEF

Trick-Or-Treating
Like many customs and traditions, Trick-or-Treating originated in the British Isles hundreds of years ago. Though the term “trick-or-treating” didn’t actually appear until the 1930s, it is an adapted form of “souling.” Souling, practiced by poor people during the Middle Ages, was the act of going door to door and begging for food and in return promising prayers for deceased loved ones.