With its roots in an Celtic festival dating back to at least the 10th century, Halloween enjoys a rich and fascinating heritage. Of course, to Americans this holiday steeped in ancient traditions has been distilled down to just one thing: CANDY.
Oh, and I almost forgot: PUMPKINS.
Like pretty much everything else we get our hands on, America took Halloween and found a way to inject it with as much sugar and saturated fat as possible. And over the years we’ve concocted a whole host of traditions around this shameless indulgence in sugary treats
Here are a few things you’ll only know about this sweetest of holidays if you grew up in the good ol’ US… Read the full story