Happy Halloween

People know Halloween as the time of year where everyone dresses up in costumes and goes trick or treating for candy. But what people don’t know is the meaning of Halloween. Halloween is thought to have originated with the ancient Goethic festival of Samhain, when people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off roaming ghosts. Around the eighth century, Pope Gregory III designated November 1 as a time to honor all saints and martyrs; the holiday, All Saints Day, incorporated some of the traditions of Samhain. The evening before was known has All Hollow’s Eve and later Halloween. As the time went on, Halloween evolved into community organized events put on by child-friendly activities such as trick or treating and dressing up as their favorite characters.

This year, Halloween, October 31, falls on Wednesday. The children in the Clarksburg area will get to go trick or treating on Tuesday evening October 30. RCB students had the opportunity to dress up in their costumes on the 26^th of October as a reward for a community service project.