Either way, both All Souls Day and Samhain may have primal roots that are older than history. Harvest festivals were common ...

Halloween has come to be most closely associated with the pumpkin, but apples have played an important role in its history. After all, apples make numerous appearances in Celtic mythology and are ...

Since the late 1970s, the celebration of Halloween on State Street has changed dramatically. The very beginning The history of Halloween on State Street begins in the late 1970s, when a crowd of ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Halloween is known for clever costumes and candy. But those customs are a callback to centuries of past traditions. 2,000 years ago, Celtic pagans held a ...

On Saturday our Video Producer Kyle Calise explores the origins and history of the most iconic memes online in his “Meme History” column. If you want to read columns like this a day before ...

By request of UW Chancellor John Wiley, University Communications put together a history of the event citing the initial event as held by the student government in 1979. Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, ...

A century ago, Napans of all ages enthusiastically celebrated Halloween. The late-October, early-November issues of the Napa Daily Register featured detailed articles, announcements and ads about ...

Those who first celebrated what we now call “Halloween” probably wouldn’t recognize the holiday today. Still, you can see signs of the day’s somber origins all around at Halloween ...

The history of Halloween According to the University at Albany , the earliest trace of Halloween is the Celtic festival, ...