I was just going to share with you all something I read about Halloween. I get the weekly e-mails from Scott Stoner at the living compass. This week it had this little paragraph in there that I thought you all might find interesting. I didn't not research this, so I am just assuming it is correct. From Scott:
Some people may not know that Halloween has a religious origin. All Saints Day is a Christian holy day that is celebrated on November 1 every year. It is a day when the Church celebrates the lives of the great saints who have been exemplars of the faith. All Saints Day has also been known as All Hallows Day. The word hallow means holy or sacred, as in the line from the Lord's Prayer, "hallowed be your name." The word Halloween, then, is a contraction of the words "hallows eve." And so Halloween always occurs on October 31, the eve of All Hallows Day, of All Saints Day.
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yep, i knew this! and it's been turned into something evil.
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