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If most major holidays commemorate particular events (think Christmas, Thanksgiving, and the Fourth of July), Halloween memorializes the occasion of death.

For members of the minority religion of Wicca and witchcraft – part of contemporary paganism – Halloween is not just a children’s holiday: It is both a celebration and acceptance of death.

Halloween decorations in the Five Points Neighborhood in Athens, Ga., on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024. Joshua L. Jones / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images ...

How can you capture the essence of nature’s cycles of death and rebirth in your Halloween celebrations? Halloween traditions have origins in the Celtic festival of Samhain, marking the end of the ...

It’s easy to forget, between the plastic skeletons and cheap chocolate, that Halloween was — and is, for many cultures — very much about the reality of death.

“Halloween, for one night, you know it’s coming. You’re going to immerse yourself in this fear and this release. And the next day you’re back to normal,” Jones says.