Fall brings a festive lineup of holidays, but one stands out for its costumes, candy, spooky fun and centuries of tradition: Halloween. Among Dia de los Muertos, All Saints' Day, All Souls' Day, ...

The Days of the Dead are happening this weekend and you will probably observe ancient rituals in some way. But do you really know what they are and where they come from? Everyone knows the secular ...

Halloween can trace its origins to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain. All Saints Day incorporated some of the traditions of Samhain, and the evening before was known as All Hallows Eve, which ...

Every year on Oct. 31, streets around the world — and increasingly across Vietnam — come alive with glowing pumpkin lanterns, eerie music, and children laughing in ghostly costumes. What began as a ...

MADRID (AP) — The sobriety of the Catholic tradition, by which on All Saints' Day graves are cleaned and flowers are brought to cemeteries to spend time with deceased loved ones, has given way in ...

Once upon a time a young pumpkin waited to be picked out of a pumpkin patch. He waited and waited, but no one picked him. It was getting very close to Halloween but he was still there, in the patch, ...

Fall brings a festive lineup of holidays, but one stands out for its costumes, candy, spooky fun and centuries of tradition: Halloween. Other holidays, such as Dia de los Muertos, All Saints' Day, All ...

MADRID — Skeletons, ghosts, and monsters of all kinds took to the streets of many cities in Spain at nightfall to celebrate Halloween. The next morning, an older generation flocked to the country’s ...

The Days of the Dead are happening this weekend and you will probably observe ancient rituals in some way. But do you really know what they are and where they come from? Everyone knows the secular ...

MADRID — Skeletons, ghosts, and monsters of all kinds took to the streets of many cities in Spain at nightfall to celebrate Halloween. The next morning, an older generation flocked to the country’s ...