when you were:
1 year old what were you?
2 years old what were you?
3 years old what were you?
4...5...6...7...8...9....10...11.... etc until you stopped wearing costumes?

I don't remember that far back...

I remember being Tinkerbell and a Pumpkin when I was a baby, but that is only from pictures.

I'm 21 and I still wear a costume!

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Halloween started out as All Hollows' Eve, the day before All Saint's day (hallowed means holy). The festival originally started with people dressing up in spooky costumes to scare away all of the "evil spirits," a tradition which was in place in northern Europe long before Christianity came into play. Like many Christmas traditions, it is believed to come from the Germanic barbarians living ouside the Roman Empire. The point of this ritual was to make the next day "pure" without the influence of evil spirits. Originally, It was mainly adults that celebrated this holiday, however, over time it decended into the realm of mischievous children. The tradition of handing out candy... I'm not too sure about that one, however, I do know that it is fairly recent. Check out the Halloween celebrations in the movie "Meet Me in St. Louie" Bonfires in the streets, throwing flower into people's faces to make them become ghosts, it's no wonder the holiday is now somewhat scripted, with kids going to get candy door to door. That is, I assume a previous method of bribery. Today, when kids say "trick or treat," I believe it comes from kids threatening adults with all sorts of mischief and giving the adults a chance to buy them off, however, that's just my guess. I will be dressing up as a sousaphone player. We have marching band practice that night

The history channel website might have it.

i am doing an informative speech on the history of halloween and i need an intro. We are supposed to open our speech with a quote, story, startiling fact, but i cant think to think of anything really interesting...

any suggestions? thanks!!

Start with describing Halloween night... the sounds, sight, smells, etc. Capture the audience and then lead in by asking a question about how that all started.

Why the children request candies ?

That is too much to post here, it would take pages and pages in excess of what YA allows space wise.

Here are some links if you really want to know the truth about this subject.

http://www.ucg.org/booklets/HH/halloween.asp

http://www.gnmagazine.org/radio/halloween.htm

http://www.cbcg.org/special_offer.htm