The origins of Halloween traditions go back to an ancient Celtic festival involving animal sacrifice and a cave of demons in Rathcroghan, Ireland. Mike McCarthy, a tour guide at Rathcroghan, joins us.

What is the history of Halloween? The modern holiday of Halloween traces its origins back to Samhain, an ancient Pagan festival that marked the end of summer and the harvest season and the beginning ...

In the United States, Halloween has boomed into the second-largest commercial holiday, generating billions in sales annually. While many Costa Ricans have adopted this tradition, others reject it as ...

Halloween is a time when millions of Americans dress up, play pranks, eat candy and carve pumpkins, but that’s not exactly how the annual celebration got its start. The spooky folkloric holiday, which ...

We hope you have your costumes, pumpkins and candy ready: Halloween is just days away! An estimated 73% of Americans celebrate the spooky holiday, adding up to over 250 million people. Despite being ...

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 ...

Halloween today is about candy, costumes, and spooky fun, with children dressed as superheroes and princesses going door-to-door collecting treats. At the same time, adults attend parties and decorate ...

For example, when did kids begin trick-or-treating and why do we turn pumpkins into jack-o'-lanterns? Both are great questions — not to mention the kind of Halloween trivia any self-respecting ...

When most of us think of Halloween, we picture pumpkins glowing on porches, kids dressed as superheroes, dinosaurs, or witches, the rustle of candy in plastic buckets, and the time-honored tradition ...

You eat the candy. You buy the costumes. Practically everyone has celebrated Halloween in some way, shape or form. But have you ever wondered why we carve pumpkins and trick or treat? Turns out ...