- The tale of the origins of Halloween, the Celtic legend of Jack O' Lantern rewritten in a positive way: no monsters, spirits, witches, werewolves, etc.; just a man and the tormented journey of his life - Illustrated edition with 26 drawings and the Celtic calendar Blurb According to an ancient Celtic legend it is said that on the night of Samhain (The Celtic New Year's Eve), a night that is outside the cycle of time because it belongs neither to the Old Year that has just ended nor the New Year that has not yet begun , it may be possible to discern, in the mists that separate the world of the living from that of the spirits, a man who wanders in search of the road to Paradise. He holds his lantern in a hollowed out pumpkin, and inside it there would be a burning firebrand from the embers of hell. That man is Jack! Jack O’ Lantern. But who was Jack? The only ordinary man who has a feast day dedicated to him that by now is celebrated the world over . Why do we celebrate him on Halloween night? Hardly anyone knows his story; “To hell with them!” Jack would say.