For All Hallows Eve

As per most (all) other Christian holidays/feasts Halloween has been appropriated from mainly pagan origins.In this case the celtic feast of "Samhain" which was at it's heart a harvest festival of sorts.
Neolithic passage tombs in Ireland and elsewhere are aligned with sunrise around the time of samhain.

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It was the time when cattle were brought back down from the summer pastures and when livestock were slaughtered for the winter. As at Bealtaine, special bonfires were lit. These were deemed to have protective and cleansing powers and there were rituals involving them.[1] Like Bealtaine, Samhain was seen as a liminal time, when the boundary between this world and the Otherworld could more easily be crossed. This meant the Aos S, the 'spirits' or 'fairies', could more easily come into our world.

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Samhain - WikipediaEdited by Heathen, : No reason given.

Plain old Halloween where I grew up (Dublin), we were never big on the "cupla focal" in the Pale.
(of course it was pushed as "All saints eve/day" by the parish. We were just glad of the bank holiday)We always trick or treated and always had a bonfire with fireworks (illegally bought on Henry Street). No pumpkins (or turnips) though, that was a later affectation.Edited by Heathen, : No reason given.