From outrageous costumes to trick or treat: the unexpected ancient roots of Halloween's most popular – and most esoteric – ...

Well, I hope you survived Halloween and the leftover candy blood-sugar spikes. Now bring on the Christmas decorations.

This time of year, I often run across articles proclaiming Halloween a modern form of the pagan Irish holiday of ...

In the late 1800s, there was a move to mold holiday more about community and neighborly get-togethers than about ghosts, ...

However, this year, some families will be making time for religious rituals before or after they hit the streets to ...

It is fitting that Samhain, now transformed into Halloween, should still be celebrated with pumpkins and ghosts in modern ...

Samhain is a season or month beginning around Halloween. The name and history originate with the Celts of Ireland and the ...

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Have you ever wondered where Halloween originated? Learn about the early pagan traditions that shape modern-day Halloween ...

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(MENAFN- The Conversation) This time of year, I often run across articles proclaiming Halloween a modern form of the pagan Irish holiday of Samhain – pronounced SAW-en. But as a historian of ...

These stories about the pagan past told of Irish kings holding annual weeklong feasts, markets and games at Samhain. The day ended early in northwestern Europe, before 5 p.m., and winter nights ...