All Hallow's Eve - Harvest Fest

Halloween, known in the Netherlands as All Hallows Eve or "vooravond van Allerheiligen", was initially brought to North America with Irish and British colonists. It was not widely observed until the larger influx of European immigrants in the 19th century [late 1800's] and trick or treating was not recognized as commonplace until the early 1900's. In Ireland, however, Halloween remains much more a harvest festival.