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TV Land's Myths & Legends interviewed Makeup Artist David Ayres who worked for Don Post Studios when they created the mask for John Carpenter's Halloween (1978) details >>>

American football emerged from the European game of Rugby in 1879. Walter Camp, a player and coach of Yale University, is recognized as "The Father Of American Football" as the early rules of the game was instituted by him. However, previous to that, the students of Princeton were already playing a game called "Ballown". It was about fisting the ball and then using their feet to advance the ball past their opponents. There were no hard and fast rules that applied an&#... details >>>

  Halloween festival is celebrated by millions of Americans every year. The houses have been established and we try our gardens to make them as spooky as possible. In recent years, the Halloween decorations have become more complex. It's almost as if more and more people get in the Halloween party decorations with so much passion, as in the Christmas season.   The best part of Halloween celebration is Haunted House and Halloween... details >>>

Also, who invented trick or treating and when did trick or treating begin. details >>>

Halloween or Holloween is a holiday celebrated on the night of October 31 in most countries. Irish immigrants carried versions of the Halloween tradition to North America in the nineteenth century. Other coutries followed suit in the twentieth century. It is generally thought that the holiday originated from a Irish holiday known as Samhain, which was celebrated in Ireland and Scotland during harvest time for many many years. The time of year when harvesting was completed and animals were brought fro&... details >>>

Celebrated at the beginning of November, the Celtic Festival of Samhain marked the coming of the winter months, with their dimming light and heightening darkness. The root of the word “Samhain” comes from “samhradh”, meaning “summer” in Irish Gaelic. While the exact etymology has not been confirmed by scholars, in Celtic tradition, “Samhain” corresponds to “end of summer” (a combination of samh “summer” and fuin “ending, concealment”).  Samhain and Beltanne (May Day) stood in opposition as the beginning of the season of winter an
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At first, let's talking about the origin of word "Halloween": a lot of nations on the eve of Halloween will held a celebration gathering, which also be called "All Hallow E'en", "The Eve of All Hallows", "Hallow e'en", or "The eve of All Saintas' Day ", and last evolved as a convention into "Halloween", in Chinese we call it "the night of Halloween".      Halloween is an annual celebration, but just what is it actually a celebration of? And how did this peculiar custom come from? Is it, as &... details >>>

The word Christmas comes from the Old English words, Cristes maesse, which means “Christ’s Mass.”  Christmas was probably first celebrated in AD 336 in Rome.   The evergreen Christmas tree tradition began in Germany around AD 700, and then moved to England and on into America through Pennsylvanian German immigrants.  People probably started decorating Christmas trees in the 16th century after Martin Luther first put candles on the Christmas tree.   Mistletoe, sharply-pointed holly leaves, symbolic of Christ’s crown of thorns and the red berries of drops of his blood has been used as a house decoration for thousands of years.   The term Yule dates from early Anglo Saxon celebrations of lengthening daylight after the winter solstice.  It is a term derived from the Middle English Yollen, which means to “cry aloud.”   Santa Claus, based on Saint Nicholas, was a bishop of Myra in Lycia (Turkey) and... details >>>

I love Halloween because I love to scare little kids. Help me find out why we love it so much. What is the true origin of Halloween? Where did trick-or-treating come from? details >>>

The origin of Christmas stemmed from pagan festivals like the popular Roman Saturnalia, which celebrated Winter Solstice. In the early pre-Christian era, winter celebrations were very popular and followed pagan rituals. Paganism in Europe celebrated light and the darkest days of winter, the Winter Solstice. What is Paganism? Paganism describes the ancient and modern religions which identify Nature as the body of the Divine. Pagans often speak of many Gods and Goddesses. Paganism refers to the religions of ancient Greece and Rome and the surrounding areas. Early Europeans marked the year's longest night -- Winter solstice – to celebrate the worst of the winter being behind them as they look ahead to longer days and extended hours of sunlight. During this celebration, they slaughtered livestock that could not be kept through the winter and feasted from late December through January. German pagans honored Oden, a frightening god who... details >>>