@RasifR 26 October 2022

Some of the well-established Halloween customs include carving pumpkins, trick-or-treating, and dressing up as something spooky. The ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, which is pronounced "SAH-win" in Gaelic, was a pagan religious celebration to welcome the harvest at the end of summer. During this time, people would light bonfires and dress up in costumes to fend off ghosts. Pope Gregory III established November 1 as a day to celebrate saints in the ninth century. Soon later, All Saints Day began to adopt elements of Samhain's customs. All Hallows Eve, and later Halloween, were names for the night preceding All Saints Day.