Halloween 2025: Know date, significance, history of this spooky festival

Halloween 2025: The spooky season is upon us once again - a time when cobwebs become decor, pumpkins turn into lanterns, and the line between eerie and exciting begins to blur. As October draws to a close, Halloween takes centre stage, bringing with it a mix of ancient folklore, playful fright, and modern-day revelry. From ghostly costumes to glowing jack-o’-lanterns, it’s that one night of the year when the world comes together to celebrate all things mysterious and magical.

Halloween is celebrated on October 31 every year, on All Hallows’ Eve.(Unsplash)

Halloween, the much-anticipated festival of fright and fun, is celebrated every year on October 31. In 2025, it falls on a Friday, promising a weekend filled with costumes, candy, and creative chaos. The date marks the eve of All Saints’ Day, a time once linked to ancient Celtic harvest rituals and beliefs about spirits crossing into the world of the living.

Today, the event is synonymous with carved pumpkins, spooky decor, and late-night revelry - a day when eerie folklore meets modern-day festivities, and everyone gets to embrace their playful, spooky side.