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Definitions of halloween in various dictionaries:
noun - the evening before All Saints' Day
October 31, celebrated in the United States, Canada, and the British Isles by children going door to door while wearing costumes and begging treats and playing pranks.
HALLOWEEN - Halloween or Hallowe'en (a contraction of All Hallows' Evening), also known as Allhalloween, All Hallows' Eve, or All Saints' Eve, is a celebration o...
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| The pagan New Year festival of Samhain evolved into this current observance |
| The eve of All Saints' Day |
| It's the modern & better known name for the pagan festival in autumn known as Samhain |
| Reports say the first observance of this October 31st holiday held |
| This holiday is the night before All Saints' Day |
| In the U.S., it's traditionally the best night of the year to see ghosts |
| Originally this holiday was celebrated on the last day of the Celtic year |
| This holiday is celebrated on what was once the last day of the Celtic year |
| On this holiday, people once placed bowls of food outside their homes to appease ghosts |
| It's celebrated the evening before All Saints' Day |
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| the night of 31 October, the eve of All Saints' Day, often celebrated by children dressing up in frightening masks and costumes. Halloween is thought to be associated with the Celtic festival Samhain, when ghosts and spirits were believed to be abroad. |
| the evening before All Saints' Day often devoted to pranks played by young people |
| The night of 31 October, the eve of All Saints' Day, often celebrated by children dressing up in frightening masks and costumes. Halloween is thought to be associated with the Celtic festival Samhain, when ghosts and spirits were believed to be abroad. |
| the night of 31 October when children dress in special clothes and people try to frighten each other |
| the evening of October 31, when children wear special clothes and often masks to hide their faces and go from house to house asking for candy |
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| Halloween or Hallowe'en (a contraction of All Hallows' Evening), also known as Allhalloween, All Hallows' Eve, or All Saints' Eve, is a celebration observed in a number of countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows' Day. It begins the three-day observance of Allhallowtide, the time in the liturgical year dedicated to remembering the dead, including saints (hallows), martyrs, and all the faithful departed.It is widely believed that many Halloween traditions originated from ancient Celtic harvest festivals, particularly the Gaelic festival Samhain & Brythonic festival Calan Gaeaf: that such festivals may have had pagan roots; and that Samhain itself was Christianized as Halloween by the early Church. Some believe, however, that Halloween began solely as a Christian holiday, separate from ancient festivals like Samhain.Halloween activities include trick-or-treating (or the related guising), attending Halloween costume parties, carving pumpkins into jac |