what is the meaning of halloween?

Question

well people tell me different stories what do you think?

Answer 1

halloween is halloween

Answer 2

On October 31 (the day before All Saints Day) a few centuries ago Martin Luther presented a thesis he wrote by nailing it onto the door of the local church. The thesis included not only what most churches today accept as the "Salvation by grace" theology but also included a doctrine on the reality of Satan and demons. At the time his writing was rejected and to make fun of him people dressed as demons and danced in the street. Thus the first Halloween. Of course we have added all sorts of traditions since, like candy, trick or treating and so on.

Answer 3

Halloween is a tradition celebrated on the night of October 31, most notably by children dressing in costumes and going door-to-door collecting sweets, fruit, and other treats. Apart from this trick-or-treating, there are many other traditional Halloween activities. Some of these include costume parties, watching horror films, going to "haunted" houses, and traditional autumn activities such as hayrides, some of these even "haunted". A more complete coverage of Hallowen customs can be found at Halloween traditions.

Halloween originated under a different name as a Pagan festival among the Celts of Ireland and Great Britain with Irish, Scots, Welsh and other immigrants transporting versions of the tradition to North America in the nineteenth century. Most other Western countries have embraced Halloween as a part of American pop culture in the late twentieth century.

Halloween is celebrated in most parts of the Western world, most commonly in the United States, Canada, the UK, Ireland, and with increasing popularity in Australia and New Zealand. In recent years, Halloween has also been celebrated in parts of Western Europe, such as Belgium, France and Spain.

The term Halloween, and its older spelling Hallowe'en, is shortened from All-hallow-even, as it is the evening of/before "All Hallows' Day"[1] (also known as "All Saints' Day"). The holiday was a day of religious festivities in various northern European Pagan traditions, until Popes Gregory III and Gregory IV moved the old Christian feast of All Saints Day from May 13 to November 1. In the ninth century, the Church measured the day as starting at sunset,in accordance with the Florentine calendar. Although we now consider All Saints (or Hallows) day to be on the day after Halloween, they were, at that time, considered to be the same day.

In Ireland, the name was All Hallows' Eve (often shortened to Hallow Eve), and though seldom used today, it is still a well-accepted label, albeit somewhat esoteric. The festival is also known as Samhain or Oíche Shamhna to the Irish, Calan Gaeaf to the Welsh, Allantide to the Cornish and Hop-tu-Naa to the Manx. Halloween is also called Pooky Night in some parts of Ireland, presumably named after the púca, a mischievous spirit.

Many European cultural traditions hold that Halloween is one of the liminal times of the year when spirits can make contact with the physical world and when magic is most potent (e.g. Catalan mythology about witches, Irish tales of the Sídhe).:-)

Answer 4

Originally it marked the Autumn solstice and the end of the harvest, and people believed the spirits of the dead walked that night. Then Christians took it over and dedicated the day of November 1st to "all saints" or "all hallows" who were not already honored with their own saint's day. The night before, October 31st, was All Hallow Evening (E'en.)

But I think it means when you get to dress up as someone you're not, scare people, get free candy and...the miraculous part when you're a kid, go to strangers' houses and knock on the door and talk to them. It's like the usual rules of society don't apply for one evening.

Answer 5

Halloween started out as a Celtic Pagan holiday for harvest, and new year celebration. Later, it was turned into something to be frightened of, by the Christian church in order to remove the idea of many gods, to make room for One God.

Answer 6

halloween comes from the pagen holiday samhain.it is supposed to be the one day a year that the veil between the living and the dead is the thinnest.people used to leave food out for the spirits on that day.

Answer 7

Halloween is actually a catholic hoiliday and it means the eve of all saints. It is where the dead are supposed to roam the earth for that one night.

Answer 8

Catholic Religion, It is actually known as Hallowed Saints. or the Eve of Saints. This is a time to pray for the souls of those who have passed on.

Answer 9

The meaning of Halloween is the devils day. Its candy day also.
So god can take away all of Satan demons.

Answer 10

the meaning is:::::
the evening before All Saints' Day; often devoted to pranks played by young people