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For those of you who are aware of Halloween’s true origins, which are founded in the traditions of the Celtic holiday Samhain (pronounced sow-in), you know that it’s much more than plastic-wrapped candies and 31 days of the best and worst horror movies streaming services have to offer. Historically, Samhain marks the end of the harvest season, when everything begins to go dormant and turn inward for the coming winter. As the official pagan New Year, Samhain is understood to be the time when the veil between the living and the dead is thinnest, making communication with the otherworld easier – a prime opportunity to offer gratitude for the bounty of the warmer, greener months that shrink away behind us, and humbly pray for prosperity, health, and happiness for the year ahead.