Creeping up next week on Oct. 31, one of the spookiest holidays is right around the corner.

Halloween dates back 2,000 years ago when Celtic festivals of Samhain would mark the new year of the Celts calendar. The Celts would dress up in costumes and dance around big barn fires to ward off any evil ghosts lurking around. The All Saints Day celebration was usually call All-hallows or All-hallowmas. The name eventually became All-hallows Eve then the name we all know, Halloween.

In colonial times, Halloween wasn’t well known in the colonies, but soon the Irish beliefs and Native’s mixed in with the Protestant Americans and Halloween was born in America. Children would dress up in costumes and go around knocking on people’s doors asking for food and money which then became what we call “trick-or-treating.” In the late 1800s, parties became more relevant for children and adults. Due to baby booming in the 50’s, Halloween soon became more of a children’s based holiday.

So pick out your costumes and go get that candy, attend a party or just stay at home watching scary movies and eating candy corn. Just don’t forget to dance every  now and then as ghosts will haunt your presence.