And where do all the customs such as trick or treating come from?
2006-09-17 20:00:42 · 6 answers · asked by SR13 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
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2006-09-17 20:16:04 · update #1
The festival of Halloween is based on a combination of the Christian commemoration of the departed faithful (All Saints' Day) with the pre-Christian Celtic feast associated with a celebration of the end of summer and the Celtic New Year. Celts who lived in what is now known as Ireland, Scotland and parts of Great Britain celebrated their new year that began November 1. Allhallows' Even was observed on the evening of October 31st. Around 800 A.D., the day became known among Christians as Allhallomas which eventually changed to All Hallow E'en, or Halloween.
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2006-09-17 20:03:38 · answer #1 · answered by Walter W. Krijthe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Samhain, aka the Day of the Dead, was the Celtic (Druidic) New Year. Samhain was one of their gods who went out and harvested a barley field; each stalk cut was a person who was to die in the coming year.
I think trick or treating came out of the custom of leaving food offerings out for the departed ancestors, who might visit on the night when the dead walked the earth.
2006-09-17 20:20:27 · answer #2 · answered by anna 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its called All Hallows Eve beacuse the 1st on November is All Saints Day.
2006-09-17 20:06:35 · answer #3 · answered by Rob S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Came from All Hallows Eve, way way back in the day...
This was when they believed that October 31st was a night in which spirits were allowed to walk the earth again. They used to dress up in scary, grotesque clothes on All Hallows Eve to 'scare' the spirits back into their graves.
2006-09-17 20:04:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
For us Celtics that's Samhian (sao-in).
2006-09-17 20:25:36 · answer #5 · answered by Celtic Tejas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Walter's got the best answer!
2006-09-17 20:14:02 · answer #6 · answered by gun_blade03 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋