Long before trick-or-treating, Halloween was born from Samhain—an eerie Celtic night when the gates of the "Otherworld," an alternate spiritual realm in Celtic culture, swung open and dangerous spirits crossed into our realm. This wasn't child's play: it was a festival of drunken rebellion where the dead walked among the living, powerful fairy beings threatened humans, and the universe's normal rules simply stopped working. This is where our story of Halloween begins. Learn more at pallascenter.com, and share your thoughts with us at [email protected].