In the United States, Halloween has boomed into the second-largest commercial holiday, generating billions in sales annually. While many Costa Ricans have adopted this tradition, others reject it as ...
It is almost an oxymoron, Halloween parades and silenced voices of subjugated peoples. Yet, the autumn leaves and the last sun-baked days of moderate temperatures do yield this look back to the ...
The Halloween traditions that we celebrate today, in America, originate from the Celtic pagan festival called “Samhain.“ The phrase is from ancient Gaelic. It means “end of summer.” According to ...
In the United States, Halloween has boomed into the second-largest commercial holiday, generating billions in sales annually. While many Costa Ricans have adopted this tradition, others reject it as ...
One of the possible origins of telling ghost stories on Halloween ties to ancient Celts! One possible origin for telling scary stories around Halloween is found thousands of years ago with the Celts ...
So exactly why are you buying bags of candy, carving pumpkins, and staying up late sewing children’s costumes every October? For New Year’s, it turns out. Two-thousand years ago, Oct. 31 was New ...
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 ...
SALT LAKE CITY -- Most parents have helped their children choose Halloween costumes, and you likely have a candy stash for Saturday night's trick-or-treating. But one Utah pastor is asking the members ...
Autumn leaves, the last sun-baked days of moderate temperatures, and neighborhood yard decorations summon this look back to the origins of Halloween. We can credit Julius Caesar and his staff writers, ...