Well , as we mostly know , for example Columbus Day is because the discovery of Christopher Columbus. Many other holidays have reasons too, does Halloween? I know that it is a fun holiday though.
2006-10-29 13:12:56 · 6 answers · asked by Sunset :]] 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
Halloween comes form a pagen holiday that originated in Ireland 3000 years ago. With the rise of the church they wanted the pagens to convert and give up the old ways. The church developed all saints day which is celebrated on Nov. 1. People would call the 31 st of October all Hallo's eve. hallo meaning saint. It morphed into what we know as Halloween.
2006-10-29 13:24:40 · answer #1 · answered by KT 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nov 1 is All Saints Day, which makes the evening before All Hallows eve. Halloween. Its kinda like fat tuesday. The day before lent.
2006-10-29 13:21:54 · answer #2 · answered by Roadkill 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All I know is that we borrowed a lot of stuff from other cultures. The mexicans call it the day of the dead. It's in Novermber. They bring all kinds of sweets and food to the cemeteries to commun with the dead and just an excuse to mingle with each other.
2006-10-29 13:16:06 · answer #3 · answered by Doug B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
know your holiday.
http://www.halloween.com/history_halloween.php
it seems halloween's true meaning's been long lost.
http://www.neopagan.net/Halloween-Origins.html
get to know halloween instead of this crap they pass off as the holiday and away from those who call it evil and do everything they can to abolish it.
2006-10-29 13:59:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its not a holiday....
2006-10-29 13:40:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
ahhh, b/c hallmark says so...
2006-10-29 13:14:43 · answer #6 · answered by Vanessa 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋