Most funerals are Lutheran, and nearly 98 percent of all funerals take place in a church | In the case of Halloween, the Celtic celebration of Samhain is critical to its pagan legacy, a claim that has been foregrounded in recent years by both new-age enthusiasts and the evangelical Right |
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The night before was called All Saints' Eve or hallowed eve meaning holy evening | It is customary to take pictures of funerals or even videotape them |
Halloween or Hallowe'en, is the yearly celebration on October 31st that signifies the first day of Allhallowtide, being the time to remember the dead, including martyrs, saints and all faithful departed Christians.
27Hallowtide covers the three days — 31 October All-Hallows Eve or Hallowe'en , 1 November All Saints and 2 November All Souls | 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 |
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Halloween, a holiday with religious origins but increasingly secularized as celebrated in America, came to assume major proportions as a children's festivity | To Finns, death is a part of the cycle of life, and a funeral is another special occasion worth remembering |
But both are thought to embody strong pre-Christian beliefs.
25In Ireland, it was commemorated on 20th April, a chronology that contradicts the widely held view that the November date was chosen to Christianize the festival of Samhain | In England and Germany, this celebration took place on 1st November |
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; Village, Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield 1988 | Hughes, Rebekkah 29 October 2014 |
The name given to October 31, the eve of the Christian festival of All Saints Day November 1.
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