[HPforGrownups] Re: Happy Halloween everyone/mildly OT

[Denise Rogers]

No: HPFGUIDX 5027

Rita might want help me with this (she seems to have sooo much more
knowledge than I, but that's ok! :)) but I am almost certain of what I say.
I think that Halloween/All Saint's Day was originally the pagan holiday of
Samhain first, then the "church" of the time changed their holidays to match
the holidays of the pagans, so that they could be encouraged to join the new
religion.  Hence the reason we wiccans celebrate Samhain (or the Wiccan New
Year) on October 31st.
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I hope I said that right! :)





----- Original Message -----
From: "Amanda Lewanski" <editor at texas.net>
To: <HPforGrownups at egroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 3:50 PM
Subject: Re: [HPforGrownups] Re: Happy Halloween everyone/mildly OT


> Laurie wrote:
>
> > I was in class on Halloween night, and we have students from China,
> > Nigeria, and Poland in the class. When the professor asked them about
> > Halloween in their home countries, they all stated that Halloween was
> > not celebrated, although, in Poland, they do celebrate All Saints Day
> > on November 1st.
>
> They're Catholic feast days--November 1 is All Saints Day, November 2 is
All
> Souls Day. Another word for All Saints is All Hallows, hence Hallow's Eve,
> etc. Since it's Catholic, and quite probably derived from an earlier
> tradition, most European countries are going to have some traces--but not
> necessarily having to do with Oct. 31. Poland focuses on Nov. 1.
>
> --Amanda
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