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Halloween is an annual festival which takes place on October 31 and has its roots in pagan customs. In ancient times, the Celtic new year, November 1, was preceded the night before by Samhain Eve. The Celts believed that on the eve of Samhain, the spirits of the dead return to earth.
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The word Halloween is from Hallowe'en. This is a contraction of All Hallow's Eve. All Hallow's Eve is the day before the Catholic holiday All Saints holy day. All Saints holy day was once called All Hallows. This was short for All Hallowed Souls. Hallowed means holy.
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Historically, Halloween precedes the Christian Feast of "Hallowmas", All Hallows, (when the Romans conquered the Celts, the traditions of the two different people were brought together and some of them were combined. For the Romans, November 1st was an important holy day called All Saints Day. November 1st is a Catholic day of observance in honor of saints. The observances connected with Halloween which originated among the Druids (one of the order of priests of religion in ancient Gaul, Britain and Ireland).
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The name "Halloween" began as "All Hallows Eve." This became "All Hallow E'en," leading to "Hallowe'en," or Halloween. It was the evening before All Hallows Day, which was later called All Saints' Day.
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This year, Halloween Horror Nights 17 becomes the most extreme, fear- filled event in its history. With its leading cast of modern day horror icons, guests will come face-to-face with New Line Cinema's Freddy Krueger, Jason and Leatherface for the first time ever - and they will find the fear so real they will wish it were just a movie.
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Halloween is on October 31st, the last day of the Celtic calendar. It was originally a pagan holiday, honoring the dead. Holloween was referred to as All Hallows Eve and dates back to over 2000 years ago.
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