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Bookmark or Share- Halloween Timeline: How the Holiday Has Changed Over the ... - HISTORYThe All Saints’ Day celebration was also called All-hallows or All-hallowmas (from Middle English Alholowmesse meaning All Saints’ Day) and the night before it, the traditional night of...
- Halloween | Definition, Origin, History, & Facts | BritannicaBy the 9th century, October 31 was being celebrated as All Hallows’ Eve, later contracted to Halloween, throughout Western Christendom. How is Halloween celebrated? Halloween is celebrated with pranks, parties, costumes, and trick-or-treating.
- The history of Halloween and why we celebrate October 31 - TODAYAccording to the Library of Congress, Halloween is celebrated (in part) because October 31 is the eve of All Saints Day, a day in which Christians remember and honor the dead. However, many...
- History of Halloween - World History EncyclopediaOn All Hallows' Eve, the Irish hollowed out turnips and carved them with faces, placing a candle inside, so that as they went about "souling" on the night when the veil between life and death was thinnest, they would be protected from spirits like Stingy Jack.
- BBC - Religions - Christianity: All Hallows' EveAll Hallows' Eve falls on 31st October each year, and is the day before All Hallows' Day, also known as All Saints' Day in the Christian calendar. The Church traditionally held a vigil on...
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