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Getty Everyone's favorite excuse to dress up like a ghost or witch for the night (while eating loads of candy and caramel apples) has come a long way. Over the centuries the holiday has evolved from a way of begging for food to one of the most commercialized days of the entire year. Here's everything you didn't know about Halloween: 1. The holiday can be traced back more than 2,000 years. Halloween all started as a pre-Christian Celtic festival called Samhain (which means "summer's end") held around the first of November. It celebrated the final day of the harvest, and was also believed to be the day spirits of the dead would cross over into the other world.  2. Trick-or-treating has existed since medieval times. In Scotland and Ireland it was known as "guising" when poor adults and children dressed up in costumes and asked for food and money in exchange for songs and prayer, while in Britain and Ireland this tradition was called "souling.&q

Take a closer look at the wedding day finery of royal style icons past and present. Getty Wallis Simpson and the Duke of Windsor The Duke and Duchess of Windsor had a low-key ceremony in 1937. The Duchess wore a Mainbocher creation which is now held in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Getty Princess Elizabeth and Prince Mountbatten Princess Elizabeth, and Prince Mountbatten were married in 1947 at Westminister Abbey in London, her wedding dress designed by Norman Hartnell. Getty Shah Mohamed Reza Pahlevi and Queen Soraya of Iran The Shah and Empress of Iran at their 1951 wedding. She wore a custom Christian Dior gown for the occasion. Getty Prince Rainier and Princess Grace Kelly of Monaco Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier of Monaco in 1956. Kelly wore a gown by MGM costumer Helen Rose, who had dressed her for her films High Society and The Swan. Getty Princess Anne Marie of Denmark and King Constantine II of Greece King Constantine of Greece and Princess Anne Marie of Denmark a

Getty Images Malls across America are going to have to set up security guards at every fountain. That's because the pennies people toss in to make a wish might be worth lots of brand-new clothes. JCPenney is launching a series of sales where you can buy items for just one penny. The company announced the "Get Your Penney's Worth" sale strategy on Thursday, and said they would start advertising it this spring. The plan includes "Penney Days," which makes select products from the company's store brands sell for just one penny. The first Penney Days event will start on February 28 in stores and online. You can buy one regular priced Arizona clothing item or accessory and get another one for a penny. And future Penney Days will offer one-cent items that you can buy without purchasing another item first, while supplies last. The company is keeping mum about what other products will be on sale for one red cent, but execs told Today.com they will be "f

Getty Cooking isn't exactly a squeaky clean hobby. Each time you rip open a package of chicken breast, you invite bacteria into your kitchen, and a new study shows that people aren't great at containing those germs as they prepare meals. The one spot in your kitchen that gets especially grimy? The lowly dish towel (yes, even those cute decorative ones). The USDA-funded study videotaped 123 people preparing meals that included a meat dish and fruit salad. Not only did 90% of those salads wind up contaminated in the prep process, but dish towels were deemed the most contaminated spot, and were frequently touched by the participants. Videos showed the participants often touching the towel before washing their hands, potentially spreading bacteria (via raw meat) to the cloth, Science Daily reports. Then, even if they properly washed up, they'd retouch the towel and contaminate their hands again (and presumably go back to preparing that bacteria-filled fruit salad — yikes!

Every holiday season, Reese's fans grow excited to get into the Christmas spirit with the brand's release of its seasonal Reese's Trees. But not this year. Recently, the Internet got all upset when customers giddily broke open the packaging, only to find some bizarre-looking peanut butter cups. They weren't exactly trees — they were more like blobs. In an effort to help, the Delish.com team decided to make our own Reese's trees, which also happen to be a totally adorable treat for the holidays. Ethan Calabrese And in true Delish fashion, Reese's Trees couldn't be simpler to create. All you need are both sizes of Reese's peanut butter cups (regular and mini), melted chocolate to act as your glue, a Hershey's kiss as a tree topper, and candy melts and sanding sugars to mimic strings of lights. They take, oh, 10 minutes to assemble and will surely be the hit of any holiday party. From: Delish

While they're pretty spectacular on their own, these breathtaking scenes look even better together. Getty Monterey Bay, California Getty Siesta Key, Florida Getty The Dominican Republic Getty Steptoe Butte State Park, Washington Getty Kanagawa, Japan Getty London, England Getty Amboseli National Park, Kenya Getty New York City Getty Juneau, Alaska Getty Warwickshire, England Getty Haldensleben, Germany Getty Idaho Getty Turkey Getty Malaysia Getty Baffin Bay, Arctic Ocean Getty Hangzhou, China Getty Arizona Getty Bangkok, Thailand Getty Hong Kong Getty Oahu, Hawaii Getty Guangxi, China Getty Croatia Getty Paris, France Next 7 New Ways to Eat Granny Smith Apples This Fall By Anna Zambelli