| ; Village, Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield 1988 | The name given to October 31, the eve of the Christian festival of All Saints Day November 1 |
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| Halloween: From Pagan Ritual to Party Night | Halloween, a holiday with religious origins but increasingly secularized as celebrated in America, came to assume major proportions as a children's festivity |
But both are thought to embody strong pre-Christian beliefs.
| Halloween and the Day of the Dead share a common origin in the Christian commemoration of the dead on All Saints' and All Souls' Day | Hallowtide covers the three days — 31 October All-Hallows Eve or Hallowe'en , 1 November All Saints and 2 November All Souls |
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| The night before was called All Saints' Eve or hallowed eve meaning holy evening | Don't Know Much About Mythology: Everything You Need to Know About the Greatest Stories in Human History but Never Learned Davis , HarperCollins, page 231• Finns visit cemeteries and light candles in remembrance of the deceased |
Festivals commemorating the saints as opposed to the original Christian martyrs appear to have been observed by 800.
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