Between themed TV specials, novelty candy flavors and the pageantry of the mass-produced costume, Halloween has become ... takes its inspiration from the Celtic holiday Samhain—“summer ...

If Oct. 31 isn't about carving pumpkins and collecting candy, then what is Halloween, really? Here's the scoop!

It took place during Samhain, the night before the Celtic New Year ... evolved into the modern-day Halloween tradition of bobbing for apples. Halloween costumes have their origins in a medieval ...