Halloween is a time of year that you either love or hate. Apple bobbing, dressing up and telling ghost stories have all become modern traditions. You may think that Halloween is merely a corporate ploy but Halloween has been celebrated for thousands of years. Halloween is a contraction of All Hallows Evening and is celebrated around the world on the 31st October.
Historically, All Hallows Evening, or Halloween, is the celebration prior to All Saints’ Day on the 1st November where Christians celebrate the honour and sacrifice of all of the Saints. In the evening Christians would visit churches and light candles on the graves of the dead leading to the modern traditions of watching scary films, visiting haunted houses and carving pumpkins into lanterns.