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The History of Halloween: Holiday Origins, Meaning and Traditions

TODAY.com
Kelly explains that the night before All Saints' Day, people would hold vigils for the souls that hadn't yet gone to heaven and were trapped in...
2 months ago

Why Are Black Cats Associated with Halloween? Origin & Myths

Catster
Chisom's research has found that the animal most commonly targeted was the household cat, and one reason, she suspects, is that the keeping of...
1 month ago

The Origins and Traditions of Halloween: Why Do We Celebrate?

los40.us
On the night of October 31, the Celts believed the boundary between the world of the living and the world of the dead blurred, allowing spirits...
1 month ago

Ireland's history with Halloween and how it originated

BBC
The Celtic festival of Samhain. Halloween's roots can be found in Samhain (pronounced “Sow-in”), an ancient Celtic festival that marked the end...
1 month ago

What Country Is Considered Halloween’s Birthplace?

Forbes
Have you ever wondered where Halloween originated? Learn about the early pagan traditions that shape modern-day Halloween traditions like...
1 month ago

Budapest’s surprising ties to the origins of Halloween

National Geographic
Cults, curses, and magic: This surprising European city has ancient links to Halloween. Hiding beneath Hungary's capital city is an ancient town...
1 month ago

Global Insights Features Halloween's Country of Origin, Ireland

University of Scranton
The 10-year celebration of Global Insights at The University of Scranton continues on Oct. 31!
1 month ago

The Surprising Origins of One of the Most Annoying New Halloween Traditions

Slate
It's Halloween time. If you're an American, and if you have or know children, you probably know that this means it's the season for “trunk...
1 month ago

Digital Desk: Halloween’s origin in Ireland

Action News 5
Gabe Saglie, a travel...
1 month ago

As scary as it seems, Halloween has far spookier origins; ‘It was a day to sort of brace for and worry about’

Chicago Tribune
According to Ada Palmer, associate professor with the University of Chicago History Department, modern American trick-or-treating is...
1 month ago