Halloween is a festival of death, but most people don't seem to care. Dark wallpapers. In fact, experts are telling us that halloween has now become America's second biggest holiday. According to the National Retail Federation, nearly 70 percent of all Americans plan to celebrate halloween this year, and spending is expected to shatter the all-time record. The origins of halloween are Celtic in tradition and have to do with observing the end of summer sacrifices to gods in Druidic tradition. In what is now Britain and France, it was the beginning of the Celtic year, and they believed that samhain, the lord of death, sent evil spirits abroad to attack humans, who could escape only by assuming disguises and looking like evil spirits themselves. The waning of the sun and the approach of dark winter made the evil spirits rejoice and play nasty tricks. People can get into the spirit of halloween by decorating their homes and attending special parties. This Halloween wallpaper offers cool graphics and a scary Halloween theme.