We all know how to celebrate Halloween in Minnesota and western Wisconsin, but why do we celebrate the holiday?

Good Question.

It brings out the kid in all of us — the costumes, the candy , the core memories.

It's a holiday enjoyed by many, but understood by few.

Bernard Brady, a theology professor at the University of St. Thomas, is an expert on Halloween.

"When I think of Halloween, I think of like a stew, all the stuff going on in it," Brady said.

What happens today is rooted in 2,000-year-old Celtic tradition and grief.

"Today we hope people rest in peace, right? RIP. What if they don't rest in peace? What if they have something to resolve or something, some issue?" Brady said. "And this was a time they thought, the ancient Celts, that people might, spirits might come back f

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