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		<description><![CDATA[With a little research, one finds the history of Halloween rich and varied. This ancient holiday dates back to the Celtic era. Originally celebrated as a day called Samhain (pronounced sow in), this holiday has had an interesting development into the holiday we now know.


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style='font-style:italic;' class='byline'>by Orson Welles</div>
<p>With a little research, one finds the history of Halloween rich and varied. This ancient holiday dates back to the Celtic era. Originally celebrated as a day called Samhain (pronounced sow in), this holiday has had an interesting development into the holiday we now know.</p>
<p>Original celebrations began more than 2,000 years ago. The Celtic culture was located in many places, primarily in parts of the United Kingdom, Ireland and the Northern part of France. </p>
<p>The Celtics would celebrate around November 31 that they called New Year.  This time of year was chosen because of the fact that the warm weather and the harvest were over and the winter was going to start.  Many of the people believed during the winter season it would result in deaths among many.</p>
<p>The history of Halloween is so interesting due to the religious implications. The physical and spiritual worlds were believed to be closest together on October 31st. The veil came down between the two worlds. </p>
<p>The belief of the people was that the ghosts, or spirits would be walking among them on the 31st of October.  The beliefs of the people thought they would damage the crops and create chaos and havoc for the people living</p>
<p>During this time in the history of Halloween, you would find that there was a lot of optimism in the air.  There was Druids that were Celtic priests that they were receptive to future prophecies.  During this time of the year you would find the Druids would be very busy on this night, they would go around November 1 to the people and others predictions about things that are going to happen in the up-and-coming  year. </p>
<p>While they were in the communities of the Celtics in offering these predictions the groups would actually take parts of their crops, and some animals and would create large fires that was supposed to be the offering to the gods to create wealth along with good fortune for their land.</p>
<p>When celebrating Halloween today, people wear costumes. In the early parts of the history of Halloween, these costumes were made of animal skins and other parts. As time went on, changes were seen.</p>
<p>You would start to see different cultures were some would celebrate the passing of individuals who had crossed into the spiritual world while other cultures were celebrating various types of gods.</p>
<p>As more time went by all Saints Day was created by the Catholics so that they could revere the many Saints that passed through on Earth.  The history of Halloween is quite an amazing event on how it all started and is very rich and vivid.</p>
<p> The different references of this special day are also all Saints Day, all souls Day along with other several similar names.  This is the most basic and to the point of the history of Halloween, you can also find a lot of information from different religions and interpretations of the different cultures.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever wondered what the history of Halloween is?  It is said that on this particular holiday season where it dates back to when the Celtics used to have a celebration called Samhain.  The proper wording on how to save this word you would find that it would sound like saying sow in.


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style='font-style:italic;' class='byline'>by Orson Welles</div>
<p>Have you ever wondered what the history of Halloween is?  It is said that on this particular holiday season where it dates back to when the Celtics used to have a celebration called Samhain.  The proper wording on how to save this word you would find that it would sound like saying sow in. </p>
<p>The original celebrations started around 2,000 years ago. The ancient Celts were located in many places. Today, these locations would include the United Kingdom, some in Northern France, and Ireland. </p>
<p>The Celtic culture originally started the Halloween traditions by celebrating their New Year. This was the end of harvest time and the beginning of winter. The Celtics held the belief that deaths resulted in winter, so their new year began at the end of warmer months. </p>
<p>The history of Halloween story gets a lot more interesting in that the fact that they believed that on October 31 the barrier that is between the undead world, or spiritual world, and the physical world was at its all-time thinnest.</p>
<p>The belief of the people was that the ghosts, or spirits would be walking among them on the 31st of October.  The beliefs of the people thought they would damage the crops and create chaos and havoc for the people living</p>
<p>During this time in the history of Halloween, you would find that there was a lot of optimism in the air.  There was Druids that were Celtic priests that they were receptive to future prophecies.  During this time of the year you would find the Druids would be very busy on this night, they would go around November 1 to the people and others predictions about things that are going to happen in the up-and-coming  year. </p>
<p>The Celtic community would bring sacrifices in exchange for these predictions. They offered part of their crops and animals in hopes that the gods would give them good luck and wealth for the upcoming year.</p>
<p>When celebrating Halloween today, people wear costumes. In the early parts of the history of Halloween, these costumes were made of animal skins and other parts. As time went on, changes were seen.</p>
<p>Certain cultures celebrated the passing of family members during this time. This developed into a celebration to certain gods for their loved ones. </p>
<p>The Catholic Church adopted Halloween and it became known as All Saints Day or All Souls Day. This was used to celebrate the passing of saints. This gives Halloween part of its rich and varied history.</p>
<p>Known as All Saints Day as well as All Souls Day among other names, this holiday is known world wide. There is a wealth of information available online and in libraries for finding out a more expansive history of Halloween.</p>
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<p>A great way to save money on your childrens Halloween costumes this year is by the use of printable Halloween masks.  You can find your childrens favorite heroes and characters and not pay a high price of store bought Halloween costumes. </p>
<p>There is no better way to have fun with the holiday than to allow your child to create his or her costume that they can personalize. It is a fun project for you and your child to do together and the printable Halloween masks will serve as an excellent addition to your child&#8217;s costume. </p>
<p>All you need for the printable Halloween masks is a printer and a computer. Simply search through various images online until you find exactly what your child wants. </p>
<p>After searching and finding the perfect mask, you just have to right click on the image and decide where you want to save it on your computer.</p>
<p>Now that the image has been saved to the computer, simply send it to your printer. First make sure that you have sized the image so that it fits the printer paper. Once you have printed the image out, you will need to cut it out. </p>
<p>Once you have finished with those steps you will want to punch a small hole of each side of the mask. Use a string, piece of yarn, or an elastic band and secure each end to the holes in the mask. This will allow your child to wear the mask hands free. </p>
<p>For children that tend to get irritated by the string around the head, you can skip that part and simply glue a popsicle stick to the bottom front of the mask. This way, your child will be able to hold the mask up to his or her face and remove it whenever its needed or wanted. </p>
<p>By using this kind of creative Halloween mask making, it will let your child be their own designer for their own Halloween costume This technique can also allow your child to learn some independents.  So if you would like to create a fun time that both you and your children can enjoy try this idea for this Halloween season.</p>
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