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Halloween was created by American businesses to fall on the date of the Celtic New Year as there were a lot of Celts in the US. The Celts traditionally did not dress up in costumes etc as this is the American adaptation to create marketing and profit. Halloween is a mix of the Celts celebrating their New Year and the Mexican Festival of the Dead, hence the ghoulish costumes.

The Celtic new year was the last time to feast and make peace with the neighbouring clans, villages and deceased ancestors before the onslaught of winter. As you can imagine you would want all the help you could to get through the below freezing winters in Scotland etc.

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