====== Halloween history ======

Halloween gets its origins from the ancient [[Celtic]] festival [[Samhain]], a pagan festival for the end of harvest in the fall. [[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84036287/1942-10-30/ed-1/seq-2/#date1=1777&index=4&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=halloween+Halloween+Samhain&proxdistance=5&date2=1963&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=&andtext=Samhain+halloween&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1&loclr=blogser|This newspaper clipping]] ([[Halloween Was First Celebrated By Inhabitants of Rural Sections]]) from 1942 is an early reference to the festival and its connection with modern Halloween.