It’s the last day of October, which means Halloween is here once more! At the end of the harvest season, as fall gives way to ...

Phoebe Smith A papier mâché sculpture of Áillen will form part of a huge procession at the festival this year (Credit: Phoebe ...

In New York, the city famously comes alive every year with a Halloween parade featuring participants in elaborate and outlandish costumes. Echoes of Samhain also live on today in fire practices.

It’s impossible to declare a real approach to the religion, though members of each denomination are under the impression that ...

All Saints’ Day is also known as All Hallows’ Day, as the noun “hallow” means “saint.” Oct. 31 was known as All Saints’ Eve ...

For the economic historian, it is widely accepted that Halloween came to America along with the significant Irish wave of ...

Halloween is an annual holiday, celebrated each year on October 31, that has roots in age-old European traditions. It ...

Halloween, celebrated on Oct. 31, marks a cross-quarter day between equinox and solstice, coinciding with daylight savings ending on Nov. 3.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — It’s the time of year — tradition says — when the veil between the worlds of the living and the dead is ...

It's the time of year -- tradition says -- when the veil between the worlds of the living and the dead is lifted.