Halloween, which celebrates ghouls and ghosts while illuminating the nation's love-hate relationship with candy corn, is rooted in a pre-Christian, Celtic...
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Samhain was the pivotal point of the Celtic Pagan new year, a time of rebirth – and death. "Pagans had three harvests: Lammas, harvest of the...
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Between themed TV specials, novelty candy flavors and the pageantry of the mass-produced costume, Halloween has become so thoroughly Americanized that we...
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Budapest has an obscure, 2,000-year-old link to Halloween, which it celebrates annually amid archaeological remains connected to magicians,...
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Halloween has been a global festival celebrated for centuries but many don't realize that its roots lie in a pagan festival originating in...
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Many people believe that Halloween originates from an old Druid festival called Samhain. But according to at least one expert, that might not necessarily be...
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The origins of Halloween trace back to Ireland. Several regions across the island lay claim to the birth of this globally celebrated event.
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Halloween has become the third most popular holiday in the United States, behind Christmas and Thanksgiving. This year, Americans are expected to spend...
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Halloween has become widely popular in the United States, especially in recent years. The National Retail Federation data estimated that...
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A festival from another part of the world, that marked the end of harvest is understood to have been where Halloween came from.
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