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Dressed to kill

The tradition of dressing up for Halloween is around 2,000 years old! The 31st October was the Celtic festival of Samhain, which marked the end of summer and the beginning of the long, dark days of winter, a time of year that’s often associated with death. The Celts believed ghosts stalked the earth during Samhain, and they’d dress up in costumes made from animal skins and light bonfires

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