Halloween is the eve of all hollowes(hollies) day or All Saints Day. Like Christmas Eve. It is the modern name for Samhain. Samhain was the Celtic new year. The day and night before Samhain was a period when the barrier between the living and the dead became tenuous and the dead could pass over to the side of the living and cause mischief and even possession.

The living lit fires, adorned their houses with hex and sacred symbols and wore grotesque costumes to frighten off the roaming dead. The night of Halloween became a celebration of life which also drove off the dead. Adults were very involved in the most important celebration of life.

Of course some wise men and women could pass the other way, the trick was getting back.The Christians with their usual situational ethics stole the day,hence All Saints Day, and tried to convert it and it’s significance to their ways and their customs.

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