Its rich history includes a vivid portion of Celtic, Roman and Christian traditions. Celtic Origins: Halloween is a part of the ancient Gaelic festival of Samhain celebrated on November 1.

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 ...

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 ...

Between themed TV specials, novelty candy flavors and the pageantry of the mass-produced costume, Halloween has become so thoroughly Americanized that we often forget the holiday grew from much ...

Read on for the history of trick-or-treating and ... modern-day Halloween tradition of bobbing for apples. Halloween costumes have their origins in a medieval tradition called 'guising,' or ...

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 ...

Here is a comprehensive look at Halloween, including when it will be celebrated this year and what its origins are. Traditionally known as All Hallows’ Evening, Halloween 2024 falls on Thursday ...

Their origin has to do with the explanation behind ... There’s a lot more to cover about the history of Halloween and how Samhain became the celebration we know today. The time of Samhain ...

On Saturday our Video Producer Kyle Calise explores the origins and history of the most iconic memes online in his “Meme History” column. If you want to read columns like this a day before ...