The very first Halloween celebrations trace back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, which later morphed into All Hallow's Eve in the Roman Catholic Church.

Explore Halloween’s global roots from Celtic Samhain to Mexico’s Día de los Muertos and the holiday’s modern evolution across ...

Halloween traditions are pretty heavily borrowed from Samhain (sow-win), which was celebrated Oct. 31-Nov. 1 by the ancient ...

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On the night of October 31, streets around the world glow with carved pumpkins, costumed figures, and the echoes of ancient ...

During other key Pagan holidays like Yule (winter solstice), Ostara (spring equinox), and Litha (midsummer solstice), Salem’s Witch House, the only standing structure in town with direct ties to the ...

Supermarket shelves are buckling under the weight of pumpkins. Witches’ hats, cat ears and devil horns have been fetched down ...

Yule is also a time for gathering with loved ones and sharing a festive meal. Traditional foods include roasted meats, root ...

Yule logs can mean different things for different people. For some, yule logs mean warm, crackling fireplaces. For others, they bring to mind sweet, chocolate cakes. Either way, the Christmas icon in ...

Halloween, celebrated every October 31, is a popular day in the US known for costumes, trick-or-treating, and spooky ...

Many of the Easter traditions Christians celebrate today date back to the early days of Christianity. Karl Gehring/The Denver Post via Getty Images Easter brings together an unlikely cadre of ...

From blood-squirting lizard eyes to zombie cockroaches, the natural world is ready for a truly terrifying Halloween.