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Halloween History

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Halloween isn’t just costumes and candy; it’s a cultural holiday rich in tradition. Halloween Unmasked : FRI OCTOBER 26 7P et/pt : channel.nationalgeographic.com

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1
windrix1
February 4th, 2010 at 4:35 pm

Helvetia!

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musiclovinggurl123
February 4th, 2010 at 5:25 pm

Haha, i’m Celtic Pagan, and isn’t it fun looking at things about my Religion. They got it right pretty much, however, i just saw a video that Halloween was about Satan.

Celtic Paganism influenced people in ways you people don’t have a clue if you don’t know about old History of the Greek, Celts, and Romans.

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musiclovinggurl123
February 4th, 2010 at 5:42 pm

Uh,wrong. Shiity try though =]

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tylerratooo123
February 4th, 2010 at 6:36 pm

this is what really happened. every ‘Halloween’ the celts would kill a few animals and where there skin to frighten ghost’s. then they would go door to door and do some acts for food and wine

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Rokuns
February 4th, 2010 at 7:03 pm

I don’t see the correlation of using a well known and defined word, regardless of origin as an assumption that someone must believe in/follow a deity to practice it. You might as well be calling everybody cavemen because we’re communicating a sound that means a specific thing. Besides that, all of the abrahamic religions stole from paganistic beliefs, druids, shamans to make their “Holy days”. So technically in your own viewpoints he’s either agnostic or polytheistic, not monotheistic.

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woelkeyangsan
February 4th, 2010 at 7:20 pm

I agree with alchemist. However the word holiday is derived from holy day,..so unless he is a believer in some god..he ought not to ever have a holiday

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Oudler
February 4th, 2010 at 8:12 pm

David Skal is an excellent author. I have several of his books on classic horror films. The Monster Show is an exceptionally good one.

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CraigCuTcH
February 4th, 2010 at 8:38 pm

You commenters are both right. Christmas is both Pagan and Christian, they changed the Pagan festival to be about Christ’s birth in order to ease people’s transition into Christianity. Jesus wasn’t born in December necessarily, but that was how they decided to celebrate it on the Winter Solstice along with the Pagan festival.

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ChrisDaron
February 4th, 2010 at 9:37 pm

Right.. is December Spring?

There were lambs, Mary, Joseph, other animals and other people, plus an angel.

Christmas IS about Christ’s birthday, little girl.

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peanuts935
February 4th, 2010 at 10:35 pm

Actually christmas isn’t Jesus’ birthday as it says in the bible thats there were lambs in the manger and everyone knows lambs are only born in spring

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alchemistxp2
February 4th, 2010 at 11:20 pm

Halloween, originally known as Samhain, was a celebration of the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter. spirits of the dead would cross into our world and people would sacrifice animals to appease these spirits and keep them away from their homes. Samhain, originated in Ireland, so i would expect different customs from Poles. I know their is no evidence for Jesus, I do not believe he ever existed but i do believe that Christmas is a Pagan holiday disguised as Christianity.

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Crickettedog
February 5th, 2010 at 12:17 am

@alchenistp2: In chatting with a friend in Poland, we discussed Halloween and Christmas and how those holidays ere practiced in Poland. I told him that I could see no correlation between Christmas and the constant drumbeat of Buy Buy Buy of Capitalism. Where is the religion? Halloween is celebrated in Poland by putting light (candle) on the graves of the dead. Some Poles are now using light powered with batteries. There is no historical evidence that there ever was a Jesus..

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MegsG123
February 5th, 2010 at 12:32 am

They Say In Medival Times,when Everyone Had No Education, Any Smart Women was a Witch (not men). So every year on All hallows Eve they would try to kill them cause they thought it was the day for evil.

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gaerwitch
February 5th, 2010 at 12:51 am

samhain is actually a female festival as opposed 2 the maale solstices + equinox’s…. samhain, bein feminine actually falls on the 1st full moon AFTER oct31st… this yrs is 2moro… nov2nd..peakin at about 4pm, therfore the door be open btween midnight on 31st – 4pm nov 2nd this yr… happy communing :-) x

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ChrisDaron
February 5th, 2010 at 1:16 am

Christmas is the birth of Jesus.
The United States basically has made it pagan. But Christians celebrate Christ’s birthday. That’s it.

Halloween is dumb.

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alchemistxp2
February 5th, 2010 at 1:28 am

so what would you say about Christmas? Halloween is a Pagan holiday and so is Christmas, you Christians just pretend it is a christian holiday.

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nasranithomman
February 5th, 2010 at 2:16 am

Is western civilization all about being slave to the Satan.Paul won a civilization to god,but ur wasting it

18
hollyholla1
February 5th, 2010 at 2:37 am

HAPPY HALLOWEEN FROM WASHINGTON! I hope everyone has a safe and spooky HALLOWEEN!

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twinkiebight
February 5th, 2010 at 2:57 am

wow, ok now im not celebrating halloween its against Pentecostals lol..

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Exsistences
February 5th, 2010 at 3:12 am

happy hallowen from las vegas!

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Ahadi12345
February 5th, 2010 at 3:26 am

Happy Birthday NuclearWarhead11 and happy Hallaween to all of you!!!!

I live in Ireland, it’s Halloween here!!!!

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heylelshalem
February 5th, 2010 at 3:42 am

leave it to the christian to misinterprit and marr the true meaning of samhain. Lets all try to remember the real meaning of this holiday.

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marchmarch2007
February 5th, 2010 at 4:11 am

The voiceover man is far too excited. I’d prefer a more objective tone.

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kittianakazuma
February 5th, 2010 at 5:01 am

yes that is one of the origins goodgamers :)

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GoodGamesrlikemovies
February 5th, 2010 at 5:45 am

well i’ve heard many stories but one was of mexico known as Day of the Dead they honourd spirits and celebrated there life on earth with a festival in which they invnted a candy “Sugar skulls” they dressed of mostly skeletons but that was just and old rumor anyways it may not be right

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