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Halloween

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This article is about the observance. For other uses, see Halloween (disambiguation).

Halloween

Yards and public spaces are often decorated with traditionally macabre symbols including witches, skeletons,cobwebs, and headstones

Also called

Hallowe'en All Hallows' Eve All Saints' Eve

Observed by Western Christians and many non-Christiansaround the world[1]

Significance

First day of Hallowmas

Celebrations Trick-or-treating, costume parties, makingjack-o'-lanterns, lighting bonfires, divination,apple bobbing, visiting haunted attractions

Observances Church services,[2] prayer,[3] fasting,[1] andvigils[4]

Date

October 31

Next time

31 October 2013

Frequency

annual

Related to

Totensonntag, Thursday of the Dead,Samhain, Hop-tuNaa, Calan Gaeaf, Allantide,Day of the Dead, Reformation Day, All Saints' Day (cf. vigils)

Halloween or Hallowe'en (/hlwin, -oin, hl-/; a contraction of "All Hallows' Evening"),[5] also known as All Hallows' Eve,[6] is a yearly celebration observed in a number of countries on October 31, the eve of the Western Christianfeast of All Hallows' Day. It initiates the triduum of Hallowmas, the time in the liturgical year dedicated to remembering the dead, including saints (hallows), martyrs, and all the faithful departed believers.[7] According to many scholars, All Hallows' Eve is a Christianized feast initially influenced by Celtic harvest festivals,[8][9] with possible pagan roots, particularly the Gaelic Samhain.[6][10][11] Other academics maintain that it originated independently of Samhain and has solely Christian roots.[12] Typical festive Halloween activities include trick-or-treating (or the related "guising" or "trunk-or-treating"), attending costumeparties, decorating, carving pumpkins into jack-o'-lanterns, lighting bonfires, apple bobbing, visiting haunted attractions, playing pranks, telling scary stories, and watching horror films.
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Etymology
The word Halloween or Hallowe'en dates to about 1745[13] and is of Christian origin.[14] The word "Halloween" means "hallowed evening" or "holy evening".[15] It comes from a Scottish term for All Hallows' Eve (the evening before All Hallows' Day).[16][17] In Scots, the word "eve" is even, and this is contracted to e'en or een. Over time, (All) Hallow(s) E(v)en evolved into Halloween. Although the phrase "All Hallows'" is found in Old English (ealra hlgena mssedg, mass-day of all saints), "All Hallows' Eve" is itself not seen until 1556.[17][18]

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