my favorite holiday is halloween because i like dressing up.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Halloween or Hallowe'en (a contraction of All Hallows' Evening), also known as Allhalloween, All Hallows' Eve, or All Saints' Eve, is a celebration observed in a number of countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows' Day. It begins the three-day observance of Allhallowtide, the time in the liturgical year dedicated to remembering the dead, including saints (hallows), martyrs, and all the faithful departed. It is widely believed that many Halloween traditions originated from ancient Celtic harvest festivals, particularly the Gaelic festival Samhain; that such festivals may have had pagan roots; and that Samhain itself was Christianized as Halloween by the early Church. Some believe, however, that Halloween began solely as a Christian holiday, separate from ancient festivals like Samhain. Halloween activities include trick-or-treating (or the related guising), attending Halloween costume parties, carving pumpkins into jack-o'-lanterns, lighting bonfires, apple bobbing, divination games, playing pranks, visiting haunted attractions, telling scary stories, and watching horror films. In many parts of the world, the Christian religious observances of All Hallows' Eve, including attending church services and lighting candles on the graves of the dead, remain popular, although elsewhere it is a more commercial and secular celebration.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Halloween is an ancient holiday and my personal favorite one of them all. It began from Celtic and Gaelic harvest festivals."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Interesting, I did not know that!  Did they dress up in costumes back then as well?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Dressing up began around the time of a holiday called Allhallowtide which was intended for morning the dead such as saints and all the faithfully departed. Crazy huh?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Sort of like Dia de los Muertes, right?  That is neat!  Are there people who celebrate the original meaning of Halloween?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes although Day of the Dead is a mexican holiday but it is acknowledged in many cultures. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "It is fascinating that the holiday seems to cross so many different cultures but has a similar premise.  Have American's always celebrate Halloween?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "It is possible, I feel the tradition of trick or treating, pumpkin carving and haunted attractions began here in America"}, {"role": "user", "content": "That makes sense.  It is all about the candy and costumes these days.  Do you celebrate Halloween?"}]