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The Celtics were given credit for beginning the holiday as a festival of harvest. Harvest time is when things look orange in autumn, so that's why the orange. Black refers to the side of Halloween that deals with the festival of the dead, which it was once believed to be. That is where black originates. Somehow the two were put together, and that's why the black and orange.
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The Celtics were given credit for beginning the holiday as a festival of harvest. Harvest time is when things look orange in autumn, so that's why the orange. Black refers to the side of Halloween that deals with the festival of the dead, which it was once believed to be. That is where black originates. Somehow the two were put together, and that's why the black and orange.
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