Originally Posted by selena

Samhain goes back to ancient times. In a nutshell, it's the time of twlight between summer and winter. It is also the time when the veil between worlds is very thin.

I'm not sure how that morphed into our present day Halloween.

Then again, if you look at Christanity as presented in the Bible, I'm not sure how Easter and the resurrection turned into chocolate bunnies and candy eggs.