Before you put on that skeleton costume and rove door-to-door pandering for candy, take a minute to reflect on this tradition. Halloween is believed to have come from an ancient Celtic festival dating back some 2,000 years. November 1st was the Celtic New Year and marked the end of summer to the Celts. They celebrated on its eve by wearing costumes made of animal skins and dancing around bon fires. Over the next two millennia, this primitive celebration grew to be the candy fueled costume ball that we know today.

A. The origins of HalloweenB. The New Celtic YearC. Primitive traditionsD. Why the skeleton costume is the best for Halloween

A. The given excerpt speaks about the  origin of Halloween.

Explanation:

Halloween is a festival celebrated in many countries on 31st October every year. The origin of the festival dates back to the time of Celts. They used to celebrate a festival called Samhain. the festival was celebrated to usher the winter or 'the dark half of the year.' The winter was considered a 'dark half of the year because Celts believed that during this time spirits and fairies were able to access easily in the human realm.

The festival of Samhain was later mixed with the festival of Christian's 'All souls day' celebrated in remembrance of martyred saints. The festival was called 'All-hallows' which later was called 'Halloween.'

So, the correct answer is that the paragraph speaks about the origin of the Halloween festival. Thus option A is correct.

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