Between when trick-or-treating starts and the safety measures to be taken, here's what to know ahead of the spookiest night of the year Skyler Caruso is a Writer and Reporter of PEOPLE Digital ...

"We couldn't afford costumes, so we'd have the garbage bags ... We'd take a pillowcase and go out and trick-or-treat. So, I think a couple years I was a bum." ...

Between themed TV specials, novelty candy flavors and the pageantry of the mass-produced costume ... Costumed trick-or-treating takes its inspiration from the Celtic holiday Samhain—“summer ...

Trick-or-treating has a long and winding history, beginning as a tradition during a Celtic holiday in medieval Europe. The modern version of the Halloween tradition began to take shape after it ...