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 ...

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

The history of Halloween According to the University at Albany , the earliest trace of Halloween is the Celtic festival, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In Celtic Ireland, Halloween traditions began in the year 5 B.C.E. On State Street in Madison, the University of Wisconsin students' tradition began in the late 1970s. By request of UW Chancellor John ...

However, the Freakfest most current students know is not how it always has been in Madison. Since the late 1970s, the celebration of Halloween on State Street has changed dramatically. The very ...