Since the beginning of October, store windows have been filled with strange objects - pumpkins with carved eyes and mouth, vampire masks, ghost hoodies, witch hats and brooms... They are willingly snapped up by children and adults to celebrate Halloween on the evening of October 31 in a carnival atmosphere. Many mistakenly think that this custom came to us from the United States. In fact, the history of Halloween (shortened from All Hallows" Eve or All Saints" Eve - "Evening of All Saints") is rooted in the rituals of the druids who once inhabited ancient Ireland. According to their beliefs, on the night of Samhain - the night of the full moon closest to November 1 - the world of the dead briefly connects with the world of the living; it was not for nothing that the Celts had a saying: "Death is just the middle of a long life." Jean Marcal tells how he appeared and how this custom changed over the centuries, until he lived to this day, capturing the whole world and becoming an occasion for our contemporaries to have fun, although we no longer understand either its original meaning or its meaning.