History of Halloween
The Celtic festival of Samhain In the early centuries of the first millennium A.D., before missionaries such as St. Patrick and St. Columcille converted them to Christianity, the Celts practiced
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Halloween Origins
Each year on October 31st, as the ghosts and goblins of Halloween parade the streets and doorsteps of our neighborhoods, we re-enact remnants of ancient folk customs that pay homage to departed ancestors and loved ones as well as the end of the harvest season.
Elven blót
The Álfablót or the Elven sacrifice is a pagan Scandinavian sacrifice to the elves believed to occur around the same time of the year as Halloween towards the end of
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A gathering of witches
It was believed that Halloween was the gathering time for unsanctified spirits. During the Middle Ages grew up the belief in a cult of witches devoted to the worship of
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Halloween Today
Halloween is the America’s second largest commercial holiday after Christmas, a retail opportunity estimated at $10.14 billion – a major increase from 15 years ago when spending totaled $4.8 billion.
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Etymology of Halloween
The word Hallowe’en [/ˌhæl.əʊˈiːn/] comes from the Scottish expression Allhallow-even used for the very first time in the 16th century shortened from All-hallow-even, as it is the evening before “All
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Benefits of Halloween
Universal Halloween is celebrated internationally. Unlike Christmas, Easter or Passover, Halloween is not associated with a particular religion. Yet it weaves spirituality, death and religious beliefs into our present and
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Enemies of Halloween
The majority of Christians ascribe no doctrinal significance to Halloween, treating it as a purely secular entity devoted to celebrating imaginary spooks and handing out candy. The secular celebration of
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