Halloween (also spelled Hallowe'en) is an annual holiday celebrated on October 31. It has roots in the Celtic festival of Samhain and the Christian holy day of All Saints.
Why is it celebrated on the 31st October?
Like most pagan festivals, long ago it was absorbed into the festivals of the expanding Christian church, and became associated with All Hallows Day, or All Saints Day, which eventually fell on November 1.
Is it a religious celebration?
Originally Halloween was a pagan festival, around the idea of linking the living with the dead, when contact became possible between the spirits and the physical world, and magical things were more likely to happen.
What does the word 'Halloween' mean?
all Hallows Eve
Name 2 typical games.
eating an apple on a string or bobbing for apples and other gifts in a basin of water, without using your hands.
When did it become a dangerous celebration?Why?
How do people celebrate it today?
Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, wearing costumes and attending costume parties, ghost tours, bonfires, visiting haunted attractions, telling scary stories, and watching horror films!!
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