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Most people have a inkling that the history of Halloween is not fixed in fun-sized candy and weird costumes but few really recognize that Halloween’s customs have both Celtic and Christian roots going back thousands of years. Our new cultural custom is to celebrate Halloween with fun treats and clever costumes. Read on for Halloween’s history.

M&Ms were introduced to American GIs during the war. M&Ms were originally traded in a tube and then packaged in their celebrated small brown bag in 1948. In 1950, the foremost M was imprinted in black on the candy giving the bites their signature flair.

Best-selling Goody Bars: Candy bars have topped the charts for years as the #1 Halloween candy bar. Parents’ treasured goodies to swipe from their kids’ trick-or-treat bags are snack-size chocolate bars (70% sneak these)! Other favorite candy bars to look for are also fabulous and tiny.

Cocoa kisses emerged in 1907 and have been on candy shelves ever since with a brief disruption from 1942 to 1949 due to the rationing of silver foil during WWII. A modern opinion is that the delicacy got its label from the sound or gesture that the machine makes while creating them. 76% percent of houses will take on bite-size chocolate candies in their Halloween activities and 26% percent will go for big candy (chocolate and non-chocolate).

We have to give a shout to other halloween treats,which will also satisfy the bags of the 93% of children who will go trick-or-treating this year.

It all started out nearly 2,000 years ago, with the historic Celtic celebrations of Samhain (said sow-in). The Celts, who dwelled around what is today Ireland and the UK, observed the New Year on November 1st (farms expire, daytimes get shorter, etc., etc.), and thought that on the night before, the living domain and the immortal domain would meet.

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