Each year there are Muslims, Jews and Christians in the United States that abstain from celebrating Halloween.
According to the National Retail Federation (NRF) 42% of the population doesn’t plan on participating in Halloween this year, though of course during a pandemic, not all these people are forgoing the holiday because of religious reasons.
Halloween originated as a Celtic holiday called Samhain celebrated 2,000 years ago. It marked the end of the Celtic year and the beginning of a dark, cold winter. It was said at the time, that night ghosts of the dead roamed the earth.
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