Supermarket shelves are buckling under the weight of pumpkins. Witch hats, cat ears and devil horns have been fetched down ...

Halloween is not an ancient Celtic custom, nor was it invented by the American candy industry. DW explores the unique history ...

DW explores the unique history of this spooky holiday ... demons and witches to vampires, ghosts and children's games. Ironically, Halloween is now celebrated the American way, even in Ireland.

So, during ‘Hallow Eve’ children would go door to door getting a treat to offer prayer for those who were in purgatory. Before the commercialisation on Halloween, there was a deep history ...

The most commonly repeated Halloween origin story says that the holiday ... This led to “souling,” where groups of children traveled from house to house asking for cakes in exchange for ...

Orange was a symbolic Halloween color long before pumpkins and jack-o'-lanterns rose to prominence. But orange's roots are ...

So, during ‘Hallow Eve’ children would go door to door getting a treat to offer prayer for those who were in purgatory. Before the commercialisation on Halloween, there was a deep history rooted in ...

The exact origins of Samhain predate written ... "souling" was a Christian tradition in English towns at Halloween and Christmas; and soulers (mainly children and the poor) went door to door ...

A History of Media-Driven Panics and Hoaxes ... Palm Springs Mall would offer 1,000 free trick-or-treat bags to children on Halloween. A year later, the Fond-du-Lac (Wisconsin) Reporter noted ...

From children trick or treating to Halloween ... is there still an importance to this eerie holiday? According to the History channel, Halloween started around 2,000 years ago with a Celtic ...