Halloween or Hallowe'en is a yearly celebration observed in a number of countries on October 31, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows'
Day. It initiates the triduum of Hallowmas, the time in the liturgical
year dedicated to
remembering the dead, including saints (hallows), martyrs,
and all the faithful departed believers.
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According to many
scholars, All Hallows' Eve is a Christianized feast initially influenced by Celtic harvest
festivals, with
possiblepagan roots, particularly the Gaelic Samhain. Other academics maintain that it
originated independently of Samhain and has solely Christian roots.
Typical festive
Halloween activities include trick-or-treating (or the related "guising" or "trunk-or-treating"),
attending costume parties,
decorating, carving pumpkins into jack-o'-lanterns,
lighting bonfires, apple bobbing,
visiting haunted attractions, playing pranks, telling scary
stories, and watching horror films.
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