Welcome to Celtnet's Halloween Information and Recipes Page — Today, we tend to think of Hallowe'en as an American festival, as this is the country which is most exuberant in its celebration of this ancient festival. However, what is much less know is that Hallowe'en is actually over 2000 years old and hearkens back to the Gaelic festival of Samhain (pronounced sow-in) and which literally means Summer's End. Indeed, the modern Welsh name for this day Calan Gaeaf which means 'the eve of Winter'.)

Halloween or Hallowe'en (less commonly known as Allhalloween, All Hallows' Eve, or All Saints' Eve) is a celebration observed in many countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows' Day. It is at the beginning of the observance of Allhallowtide, the time in the liturgical year dedicated to remembering the dead, including saints (hallows), martyrs, and all the faithful departed. In popular culture, the day has become a celebration of horror, being associated with the macabre and supernatural.

Popular Halloween activities include trick-or-treating (or the related guising and souling), attending Halloween costume parties, carving pumpkins or turnips into jack-o'-lanterns, lighting bonfires, apple bobbing, divination games, playing pranks, visiting haunted attractions, telling scary stories, and watching horror or Halloween-themed films.

This page is a continuation of the list of Halloween recipes held on the FabulousFusionFood site. If you are specifically looking for this site's brief information about Halloween then please go back to the First Page of the Halloween Recipes entry on this site.