There are numerous Halloween traditions and superstitions. The name comes from All Hallows’ Eve, which marks the day before the Christian holiday of All Hallows’ Day, also known as All ...
Now that the cold weather is coming, the next best thing we can look forward to is Halloween. It’s time to start thinking about your costumes (we can help you out here), stocking up on treats ...
Within these Celtic traditions, we can also find the origins of Halloween. Celtic Pagans would celebrate their new year on 1 November, and their New Year’s Eve festival was called Samhain ...
I’d be lying if I said I don’t enjoy it at least a little bit. Halloween is one of my favorite holidays, so its domination of the entire month of October doesn’t bother me that much. That is, until I ...
Dziady, Halloween’s Polish counterpart, has a rich tradition dating back to old Slavic times. Rather than jack-o’-lanterns, it’s linked to Karaboshka masks, the great literature of the Romantic era ...