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All Hallow's Eve
Oct. 22nd, 2022 05:17 pmA little Halloween history/meta written for the Spooky Season and ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
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Halloween comes from the Celtic New Year's Festival,Samhain (pronounced `Soo-when', `So-ween' or `Saw-wen'). The name itself is from the All Saints celebration - which the Catholic Church celebrated on May 13 originally. In the 8th century, the date was moved to 1 November by Pope Gregory III, most likely as an attempt to Christianize the Celtic holiday. The night before, Christians would pray and fast in preparation for All Saints Day, and that time became known as All Hallow's Eve. ( The rest under here )
lands_of_magic.Halloween comes from the Celtic New Year's Festival,Samhain (pronounced `Soo-when', `So-ween' or `Saw-wen'). The name itself is from the All Saints celebration - which the Catholic Church celebrated on May 13 originally. In the 8th century, the date was moved to 1 November by Pope Gregory III, most likely as an attempt to Christianize the Celtic holiday. The night before, Christians would pray and fast in preparation for All Saints Day, and that time became known as All Hallow's Eve. ( The rest under here )