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| | Where It All Began | | The origins of this spooky day go all the way back to 5th century B.C. in Celtic Ireland. It appears that the Paleopagan Druid and Celtic societies celebrated four major holidays: Samhain, Oimelc, Beltane and Lughnasadh. Samhain (pronounced Sow-en) was the begining of the winter half of the year and most scholars believe it was the Celtic New Year. Their celebrations lasted three days, with the day before Samhain being the last day of Summer and the day after being the first day of Winter. Samhain was (and still is) said to be very magical due to it falling between seasons (or years). | | A Christian Holiday Afterall | |With the coming of Christianity, this festival was turned into Hallow-e'en (October 31st), All Saints Day (November 1st) and All Souls Day (November 2nd). The Christian Church was unable to stop people from celebrating the holiday so they twisted a few things to match their agendas and gave it a new name which was the same thing they did with some of the other Paleopagan holidays and customs. | | Coming to America | |Halloween wasn't brought to America until the 1840's when Irish immigrants who were fleeing their country's potato famine came over and brought their tradtions with them. In the 1930's Halloween was refered to as Beggar's Night. | | What's In A Name | |Samhain became All Hallows Eve when the Catholic Church changed it. Then All Hallows Eve was contracted to Hallow-e'en and finally to what we all know today, Halloween. | | Other Traditional Halloween Stuff | |There are many events, superstitions and symbols associated with Halloween. The traditions originate from many countries and have been modified by different cultures over time. Below you'll find history information on a selection of things that go hand in hand with Halloween.
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