Halloween is the one day a year kids dress up and  walk around to get candy. But Halloween has a deeper meaning. Halloween originated from The ancient  Celt festival of Samhain. People would wear costumes and light bonfires to ward off ghosts. 

In the 8th century Pope  Gregory III  designed November 1st to be All saints' day. He uses traditions from  the  Celt festival of Samhain. The evening before November 1st was called Hallows eve. Before long Hallows eve   turned into Halloween. As time went on we started adding things to make new traditions for Halloween. Carving pumpkins,Trick or testing,costumes and even festivals.

 Halloween came to America about the 19th century. As people traveled to America they brought their traditions. Halloween was limited in the 13th colonies because of England's Potente Belief  systems. The celebration of Halloween was more popular in Maryland and the southern colonies. As Europeans came to the colonies, the American version of Halloween started. People would dance,sing and even tell ghost stories. In the middle of the 19th century autumn festivals started for places that don't celebrate Halloween in the colonies.  In the later years of the 19th century  Irish immigrants came to America.  They brought traditions and even the Irish Potato Famine which helped fuel the popularity of Halloween in the colonies.

Boo! 

Halloween also means spooky and scary monsters. Halloween monsters are witches, zombies, ghosts, mummies, vampires and so many more. The big four that everyone knows about are Frankenstein, The Sanderson Sisters, Casper, and Dracula.

 Frankenstein

Frankenstein was  created  by Mary shelley in her novel “Frankenstein”. The novel is about a scientist Victor Frankenstein who creates a monster  in an unorthodox science experience. Frankenstein is an 8 foot tall ugly monster  with translucent yellowish skin, flowy black hair, black lips and prominent white teeth.

The Sanderson sisters

 The Sanderson sisters are the main evil villains in the Halloween classic movie “Hocus Pocus”. They are Mary, Sara and Winifred Sanderson. They set evil spells on people with Winifred's evil spell book. Sara Sanderson has long blond hair and fair skin . She is the youngest sister. Mary is the  middle sister and has dark hair and brown hair.  Winifred is the oldest and the self proclaimed leader. She has red hair,and has big teeth.

Casper

 Casper  the friendly ghost is one of the not so scary monsters of Halloween. "Casper" is an animated movie that was released in 1995. Casper is a translucent ghost, who is really friendly. He has three uncles who tend to not be so nice to him. Instead of scaring people Casper likes to help them!

Dracula

 Dracula is a vampire.  He is an elderly man, short in height, with hairy hands, sharp nails and sharp fangs. He doesn't like the sun. He can also shapeshift.