By Karina Medrano
Halloween is a holiday that gets kids and teens out of their house to collect candy, but how did it all start?
Halloween, also named or called as All Hallows Evening or All Hallows Eve, has many stories - from the jack-o’- lanterns to the simplest of things like ghosts and costumes.
"All Hallows Eve was created with children going to peoples’ houses and asking for flower-shaped bread that kept away evil spirits. If the people refused, their house would be egged or stoned," sophomore Nancy Lartey said.
Some old habits have died or become safer - like how throwing rocks at houses has evolved to throwing toilet paper and eggs.
"Halloween was all about greed; just like Valentine’s Day" senior Lucas Hoskinson said.
"It’s so fun! The spirit to me is kind of like a role play, being someone you are definitely not, and also the best time to give yourself a scare and pig out on candy." Lartey said.
Some have gone to the haunted houses with their friends in Cheney and were scared from going there.
"They would lead their way through woods with cantaloupes and hollow fruits and put candles in them to light their way and also rid of evil," Lartey said.
"Halloween goes back to the Celtics and how they tried to ward off spirits." said Mr. Jim Bortnick.
Mr. Bortnick also considers Halloween is a neat break from everyday reality and has no religious tie - unlike Christmas and 4th of July.
There is a great number of haunted attractions available all over the Wichita area for the October 2012 timeframe - ranging from the Field of Screams to the Isle of Screams.
"Halloween is all based on All Hallows Eve. It’s a day in which I can have fun and be whoever I want to be," senior Crystal Frost said.
It was thought that all evil was out on the 31st and one had to disguise his or her identity with a costume so that ghouls wouldn’t recognize one as human.
