Halloween, or All Hallows Eve, as it is sometimes referred to, is a lot diff erent now than it may have been many centuries ago. With this night of fright and fun looming over us, I thought it would be fun to share the many origins our modern day halloween can be traced back to.
The earliest trace of Halloween is the Celtic festival, Samhain (pronounced sah-win or sowin). Samhain loosely translates…