Halloween or ancient Irish festival of Samhain?

Halloween activities have started in many parts of the world and sale of Halloween-costumes and masks is on. Halloween is an annual festival celebrated on 31st October. The day is often associated with the colors black and orange, and is strongly associated with symbols like the jack-o'-lantern. Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, wearing costumes and attending costume parties, ghost tours, bonfires, visiting haunted attractions, pranks, telling scary stories, and watching horror films. Halloween has origins in the ancient festival known as Samhain which is derived from Old Irish and means roughly "summer's end". This was a Gaelic festival celebrated mainly in Ireland and Scotland. Halloween becomes a bigger and bigger event each year and so have the number of Halloween events. To many, it's an unofficial holiday of costumes, ghouls and parties. More are leaving work early, enjoying their Halloween party and celebrating at night. The ancient Celts believed that the border between this world and the other world became thin on Samhain, allowing spirits to pass through.