How many days until Halloween?

Halloween is a fixed-date holiday on October 31, the eve of All Saints’ Day.

Halloween grew from the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain and the Christian observance of All Hallows’ Eve into the modern celebration of costumes, trick-or-treating, and decorations.

It is now one of the largest consumer holidays of the year, second only to Christmas in seasonal spending in the United States.

Modern Halloween blends costumes, trick-or-treating, haunted attractions, and carved pumpkins. The jack-o’-lantern traces back to an Irish folk tale about “Stingy Jack” and was originally carved from turnips before pumpkins became the norm in North America.

Though not a public holiday, Halloween is one of the largest consumer events of the year in the United States, with billions spent annually on costumes, candy, and decorations. Trick-or-treating in its current form became widespread in the mid-20th century.