The name given to October 31, the eve of the Christian festival of All Saints Day November 1 | The night before was called All Saints' Eve or hallowed eve meaning holy evening |
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Festivals commemorating the saints as opposed to the original Christian martyrs appear to have been observed by 800 | Halloween, a holiday with religious origins but increasingly secularized as celebrated in America, came to assume major proportions as a children's festivity |
It is customary to take pictures of funerals or even videotape them.
18Halloween or Hallowe'en, is the yearly celebration on October 31st that signifies the first day of Allhallowtide, being the time to remember the dead, including martyrs, saints and all faithful departed Christians | Hughes, Rebekkah 29 October 2014 |
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Halloween: From Pagan Ritual to Party Night | ; Village, Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield 1988 |
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