Halloween In Colonial New England

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Halloween is celebrated on October 31.Halloween was originated in Celtic festival in samhain.Halloween is an annual excuse to gorge on candy dress up in scandalous costumes or shut our porch lights off .

As Halloween evolved, it began to lose its religious connections. Rigid Protestant beliefs limited the celebration in colonial New England, , according to History, and it was much more common in the southern colonies

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