All Hollows Eve

The holiday Halloween comes from a centuries old holiday known as Samhain. Samhain is the end of the year in some religions, and the time when the vale which separates the spirit world and the world of reality grows thin. The reason that people dress up in masks is to blend in with the spirits that pass through the vale. The reason for this is the living wish to converse with the dead. The tradition of giving treats is like what they do on Day of the Dead. They puts the treats out for the dead. Oh, one more tidbit of info the day after Halloween is All Saints Day; the Roman Catholic Church moved it from May to November the 1st to try to counter act the pagan holiday.