Trick-or-Treating – going from house to house in search of sweets and other goodies- has been a popular Halloween tradition in the United States and other countries for more than 100 years. Possible forerunners to modern-day trick-or-treating have been identified in ancient Celtic festivals, early Roman Catholic holidays and medieval practices. Halloween has its roots in the ancient, pre-Christian Celtic festival of Samhain, which was celebrated on the night of October 31. The Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago in the area that is now Ireland, the United Kingdom and northern France, believed that the dead returned to earth on […]