The Celtic Origins of Trick-or-Treating
Source: Smithsonian
A few costumed tykes—including a Batman and a Green Hornet—hitting the streets in Oakland, New Jersey, in October 1966. Eddie Adams / AP Images Between themed TV specials, novelty candy flavors and the pageantry of the mass-produced costume, Halloween has become so thoroughly Americanized that we often forget the holiday grew from much more far-flung, and much more ancient, roots. Costumed trick-or-treating takes…
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