An ancient Celtic Festival, the Catholic Church, the Irish Potato Famine, and community leaders turned Halloween into the holiday we know today. Here's the history.
The very first Halloween celebrations trace back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, which later morphed into All ...
Halloween is an annual holiday, celebrated each year on October 31, that has roots in age-old European traditions. It originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when people would light ...
The chorus of "trick or treat!" on Halloween is ubiquitous, but a century ago, the "trick" side was a lot more intense, disruptive, and even dangerous.
Carving jack-o'-lanterns started long before the legend of the Headless Horseman. NPR's Leila Fadel speaks to Cindy Ott, author of "Pumpkin: The Curious History of an American Icon." ...
A visual history of Heidi Klum’s epic Halloween costumes over the years - From a worm to Shrek, via an alien and Kali; the ...