Why do children wear costumes and trick or treat on Halloween?

Answer 1

There are a number of possible explanations as to why people wear costumes on Halloween.

• The practice could date back to the ancient practice of "mumming", which simply involved wearing costumes, singing, acting, and making mischief.
• A British custom arose from the 1600s, in which youths donned masks and carried effigies while they went begging for pennies on Guy Fawkes Night in early November.
• A more common modern theory is that, because Halloween occurs on the eve of All Saints' Day, the wearing of costumes was done to frighten away the evil spirits which were let loose to have their last fling before All Saints' Day.
• Possibly because it's the one night when they can dress up as anything and no one can tell them what do, wear and definitely not what to look like. They can dress up as whatever they want without anyone saying a word, because it's Halloween.
• Basically the reason is to attend a costume party. We do not do this on a regular basis.

Answer 2

The original reason for wearing costumes on Halloween is to disguise yourself as one of the dead. Since that is the day the departed spirits can return. The dead cannot/will not haunt one of their own. Sometimes it was done to scare away evil spirits.

It was also done as a way to honour and remember departed loved ones.

Answer 3

Hallowe'en is a remnant of pagan festivals of the dead. The Celts believed that the end of October (and the time between the end of summer and beginning of winter) was when the veil between the living and dead was the thinnest. One way to placate the spirits is by offering them food (a tradition carried out in other cultures, like Mexico's Day of the Dead), and a way to escape their attention is by dressing up like a ghoul yourself.

Answer 4

people thought evil spirtes would haunt them if thay didnt.

Answer 5

Kids celebrate Halloween by dressing up in costumes and trick or treating from house to house to get candy. They also have Halloween parties, as do some adults.

Answer 6

To go get candy gout there kids do not just stay inside

Answer 7

To have some fun

Answer 8

Because they want candy

Answer 9

they want candy