Event Detail: Halloween | |
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Event Name | Halloween |
Description | Halloween is a day of costumes and candy. The holiday takes place on the evening before "All Saints Day." All Saint's Day was a holy day of obligation which commemorated passing generations. All Saint's Day was known in the Celtic world as All Hallow's Day. The term "Halloween" appeared in the mid 1700s and a contraction of Hallowed Evening. Festivities associated with Halloween mixes a variety of Christian and Pagan traditions such as trick or treating and carving pumpkins. As people love to dress up on costume and tell spooky tales, a huge multi-billion dollar industry has sprouted up around Halloween with haunted houses and costumed festivities. |
Location | Home and Family |
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Related Directory | Costumes |
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