You bet. Samhain is midway between Mabon (equinox) and Yule (solstice) so it was widely observed among Celtic and Germanic peoples.
DrBob
Samhain is one of the festivals that mark the wheel of the year. It's the third harvest festival when gourds and root vegetables were harvested.
As a cross-quarter festival it is a thin time when the boundary between our world and the other world is easily crossed.
You might be visited by your relatives who passed so you would light their way with lanterns made with gourds and turnips. You'd set a place at the table for them as well.
All of this devil bullshit is the church demonizing Celtic traditions.
I am Joe's colon.
I'm GenX and I remember smoking in grocery stores, movie theatres, offices, buses, airplanes...everywhere. People used to smoke while eating.
I knew people who'd smoke 2 packs a day, and one guy who'd smoke 3 (basically a cigarette in his hand every minute of the day, sometimes with a second one burning in the ashtray). Having a puff while you're out drinking doesn't even count as smoking in comparison.
Father and son are Eskimo brothers.
You may have had terrible potatoes. Homegrown potatoes are anything but bland or tasteless.
Hopefully the freak within it.
I died in bed. I would never have guessed.

Can you educamate me? What is supposed to be the difference?