Halloween Origins: Where Did It Really Come From?

Where did Halloween come from? Not from one night. The name is Christian, the date is older than the name, the lantern was a turnip, and trick or treat is an American bargain from the 1930s. This film follows what the Open University, the Library of Congress and Smithsonian Magazine can show, and marks the parts that are legend or guesswork: Samhain and what medieval sources say about it, the three dates the sources give for All Saints on November 1, souling and guising, Stingy Jack, the prank years of 1887 to 1942, the Chicago City Council vote to abolish Halloween, and the 1952 Donald Duck cartoon. Send this to whoever told you Halloween is one ancient festival. 0:00 Where Did Halloween Come From? 0:54 Samhain 2:12 The Name 3:21 The Turnip 4:35 The Knock at the Door 5:40 All Tricks 7:04 The Bargain 8:40 What the Record Says Next on this channel: Why Is the Queen Mary Called Haunted? SOURCES The Open University, OpenLearn, "The history of Halloween" https://www.open.edu/openlearn/histor... Library of Congress, Headlines & Heroes, "The Origins of Halloween Traditions" https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandher... Library of Congress, Timeless, "The Multinational Traditions of Halloween and Dia de los Muertos" https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2024/10/the... Smithsonian Magazine, "When Halloween Was All Tricks and No Treats," 2017 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/histor... Smithsonian Magazine, "Halloween Owes Its Tricks and Treats to the Ancient Celtic New Year's Eve," 2016 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/histor... Smithsonian Magazine, "Candy Corn Hasn't Changed Since the 19th Century" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-... PICTURES Turnip lantern, Museum of Country Life, Ireland: photo by Rannpháirtí anaithnid, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. Fra Angelico, All Saints panel, 1423-24: photo by Sailko, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. Daniel Maclise, "Snap-Apple Night," 1833; engraving for Robert Burns's "Halloween," about 1841; The Saturday Evening Post, October 24, 1903; New-York Tribune, October 30, 1904; The Sunday Oregonian, October 29, 1916; St. Nicholas magazine; postcards of 1908, about 1910 and about 1926 (Missouri History Museum, Wikimedia Commons); newspaper pages 1896-1915 from the Library of Congress: public domain. Halloween party, Wainwright, Alberta: Provincial Archives of Alberta. Candy corn: photo by Scott Ehardt, public domain. Drawings marked ILLUSTRATION are engraved-style drawings made for this film and show no real person or place. #Halloween #HalloweenHistory #Samhain