On the night of October 31st each year, millions of citizens in the United States and elsewhere dress up in costume to walk through local neighborhoods asking for candy or "trick-or-treating" Oddly enough, Halloween wasn't always like this, the origins of Halloween had nothing to do with getting candy or scaring other people stores around September or earlier to encourage widespread purchases of various costumes and candy. In other cultures, there are spiritual celebrations that have influenced modern American Halloween. Current Halloween has been influenced by the spiritual celebrations of other cultures, historical events and from the commercial spirit. Halloween derives from the Christian holiday All Hallows' Eve, which is the day before the feast of All Saints. This time is dedicated to mourning fallen saints and martyrs, or the dead in general. The practices of this may relate to other pagan rituals, particularly the Gaelic Samhain (All Hallows' Eve). Both during Samhain and All Hallows...