Either way, both All Souls Day and Samhain may have primal roots that are older than history. Harvest festivals were common ...

Halloween has come to be most closely associated with the pumpkin, but apples have played an important role in its history. After all, apples make numerous appearances in Celtic mythology and are ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Halloween is known for clever costumes and candy. But those customs are a callback to centuries of past traditions. 2,000 years ago, Celtic pagans held a ...

Halloween is filled with odd traditions, Halloween colors, and even games like bobbing for apples, many with a rich history.

Biorn Halloween is fast approaching. I remember, as a child, going to my grandparents’ house and ringing the front door, then running to the back door to surprise them. The ...

There are numerous Halloween traditions and superstitions. The name comes from All Hallows’ Eve, which marks the day before the Christian holiday of All Hallows’ Day, also known as All ...

Those who first celebrated what we now call “Halloween” probably wouldn’t recognize the holiday today. Still, you can see signs of the day’s somber origins all around at Halloween ...

Halloween, one of the world’s oldest holidays, is celebrated in several countries around the globe. The autumn rite is commemorated in Ireland, which was once a frightening and superstitious ...