The horrible history of Halloween goes back around 2 millennia to the Celtic festival of Samhain, which marked the end of the autumn and the beginning of the of the cold dark winter. On the evening of ...

If you don’t like Halloween, we can’t be friends. I don’t care whether you celebrate with a drunken costume party, pumpkin carving, door-to-door candy begging, or a more personal observance like ...

Picture this: a roaring bonfire, scary ghost stories, spooky snacks, overflowing sweets, and spirited trick-or-treaters. Sounds like the perfect All Hallow's Eve, right? But have you ever stopped and ...

In the United States, Halloween ranks as the second-biggest commercial holiday, pulling in billions each year through costumes, candy and decorations. Here in Costa Rica, the day draws mixed reactions ...

Halloween is fast approaching, a day filled with excitement, charged with the spirit of adventure that makes childhood such a memorable time. Many children never outgrow their love for the day and ...

"Give us candy, give us cake, give us something sweet to take. Give us cookies, fruit and gum, hurry up and give us some. You had better do it quick or we'll surely play a trick." That quote is from ...

Anoka, Minnesota, began its Halloween celebrations in 1920 to curb destructive pranks by local youths. The town's civic festivities, including a parade, became a model for other cities to deter ...

Honors4Diversity (H4D) hosted a midterm destressing event where honors students could paint plastic pumpkins and quickly learn some non-academic history about Halloween on Thursday, Oct. 16. There ...