Anthropologist and pagan Lyn Baylis tells the BBC ... and adopted non-religious Halloween costumes for adults. Later, after World War Two, the day centred on children dressing up, a ritual ...

Halloween costumes and trick or treating are versions ... in return for gifts of food and drink." Pagan and Christian elements have been fused in Halloween for centuries. In the 1800s, Irish ...

Halloween is one such tradition that has been continually reinvented since its ancient origins as a Celtic pagan ceremony.

PRESQUE ISLE, Maine (WAGM) - Finding the perfect Halloween costume can be tricky ... Eve traces it roots back to ancient ...