Pumpkin Carving- The Annual Pumpkin Carving with family and friends! The competition and creativity makes this day so fun! Happy Halloween! 

**The Origins and Traditions of Halloween**

Halloween, celebrated on October 31st, traces its roots to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain. This festival marked the end of the harvest and the beginning of winter, a time when the Celts believed the boundary between the living and the dead was blurred. To ward off roaming spirits, they lit bonfires and wore costumes.

As Christianity spread, Samhain merged with the Christian holiday of All Saints’ Day, with the night before becoming known as All Hallows’ Eve, eventually shortened to Halloween.

Today, Halloween is widely celebrated, especially in North America, with fun traditions. Children dress up in costumes, ranging from spooky characters like witches and ghosts to popular superheroes, and go trick-or-treating, collecting candy from their neighbors. Carving pumpkins into jack-o’-lanterns is another popular custom, inspired by an Irish myth about a man named “Stingy Jack.”

Modern Halloween also features haunted houses, horror movies, and themed parties. Though it has become more commercialized, the holiday retains its connection to the eerie and supernatural while bringing people together for a night of festive fun and creativity.

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If you purchase a property and then sell it within 12 months, any gains from the sale will be taxed as ordinary income. However, if you hold onto the property for over one year, the sale will be taxed as a capital gain at capital gains tax rates, at least on the federal level.

At the federal level, most taxpayers will only be levied a 15% tax, with some even qualifying for a 0% tax rate.