Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The ancient precursor to Halloween, Samhain commemorates the end of the harvest and the onset of the "dark half" of the year. As ...

Halloween's origins trace back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, which marked the end of summer for the Celts. The Celts believed the boundary between the living and the dead blurred on the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Happy Samhain. OK, it doesn't quite have the same alliterative ring as happy Halloween, but one thing we can all agree on is that ...

Halloween is celebrated annually on October 31 and is not a federal holiday. The holiday's origins trace back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain in Ireland. While you figure out a Halloween ...

Halloween is a magical time of year for many people. It’s a time when we can let some of our inhibitions go temporarily. Halloween allows all of us to confront our fears in a controlled way via scary ...

The line between the worlds of the living and dead will be their thinnest tonight. At least, that's what the old lore of Halloween says. While now the day is mostly associated with trick-or-treating, ...

Fall is always rich with its own brand of magic, as the autumn equinox ushers in the darker half of the year, making it a time of gratitude and reverence for nature’s cycles. Halloween is an ...

In the United States, Halloween ranks as the second-biggest commercial holiday, pulling in billions each year through costumes, candy and decorations. Here in Costa Rica, the day draws mixed reactions ...

About seven in 10 people in the United States celebrate Halloween, but the eerie holiday didn’t originate here. Learn about the early pagan traditions that shape Halloween traditions today. Ireland is ...

When the holiday of Halloween is mentioned, thoughts of candy, costumes and scary movies may come to mind. But that hasn't always been the case for the spooky holiday. There is a particular reason why ...