What is the history of Halloween?

Grab your trick-or-treat bucket and get ready for a spooky adventure! Have you ever wondered why we dress up in costumes and carve pumpkins every October 31st? Join Mira and Finn as they travel back in time over 2,000 years to Ancient Ireland to discover the shocking true history of Halloween! You'll meet the Celts, who lit massive, roaring bonfires and wore heavy animal-skin disguises to hide from wandering ghosts during a freezing winter festival called Samhain. Find out how a Pope in the 8th century helped create the name "Halloween," and why kids in the Middle Ages went door-to-door begging for sweet biscuits called soul cakes! Did you know the very first jack-o'-lanterns weren't made out of big orange pumpkins, but were actually carved out of wrinkly, rock-hard turnips? Yuck! Discover how Irish immigrants brought these awesome traditions across the ocean to America, turning a spooky ancient ritual into the giant candy-filled party we love today. Hit play to unwrap the fascinating, fun, and sometimes weird facts behind the world's most mysterious holiday!