Posts Tagged ‘Halloween’
History of Guy Fawkes Night: How Gunpowder Mixed with Parliament
Reading Time: 3 minutesHISTORY OF GUY FAWKES NIGHT For our friends across the Pond November 5th is known as “Bonfire Night” or “Guy Fawkes Night,” and across Britain, people set off fireworks, light bonfires, and burn effigies of Guy Fawkes. Historically, Guido Fawkes was an Englishman who, in popular legend, tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament…
Read MoreHistory of All Souls’ Day: and Day of the Dead
Reading Time: 2 minutesHISTORY OF ALL SOULS’ DAY: AND DAY OF THE DEAD November 2 is All Souls’ Day or Day of the Dead. As I mentioned previously in my article on the History of Halloween, Allhallowstide includes these three holidays: October 31: All Hallows’ Eve (Halloween) November 1: All Hallows’ Day (All Saints’ Day, Feast of All Hallows, Hallowmas)…
Read MoreHistory of All Saints Day – Its Connection to Halloween
Reading Time: 2 minutesHISTORY OF ALL SAINTS DAY November 1 is All Saints’ Day, also known as All Hallows’ Day. The night before is known as “All Hallows’ Eve,” or Halloween. This day is also known as the: Feast of All Saints Feast of All Hallows Solemnity of all Saints Hallowmas, in the strictly religious sense When was…
Read MoreHistory of Halloween: The Sacred and the Secular
Reading Time: 5 minutesHISTORY OF HALLOWEEN Halloween (All Hallows’ Eve) is the evening of October 31. In its strictly religious aspect, this occasion is known as the vigil of Hallowmas or All Saints’ Day, November 1, observed by the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches. In the fourth decade of the 8th century, Pope Gregory III moved this holiday…
Read MoreWhen We Start Celebrating Holidays: Can we listen to Christmas music now?
Reading Time: 3 minutesTHE START OF HOLIDAY CELEBRATIONS Here’s an article I wrote nine years ago. Is the trend accelerating? On November 1st, a friend asked, partly in jest: “Halloween is over, can we listen to Christmas music now?” And therein lies a conundrum. When do we begin the celebration of the Christmas holiday? There are…
Read MoreHistory of Halloween
Reading Time: 4 minutesHISTORY OF HALLOWEEN Halloween (Allhallows Even) is the evening of October 31. In its strictly religious aspect this occasion is known as the vigil of Hallowmas or All Saints’ Day, November 1, observed by the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches. In the fourth decade of the 8th century, Pope Gregory III moved this holiday to…
Read MoreHistory of Halloween
Reading Time: 4 minutes.!. HALLOWEEN Halloween (Allhallows Even) is the evening of October 31. In its strictly religious aspect this occasion is known as the vigil of Hallowmas or All Saints’ Day , November 1, observed by the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches. In the fourth decade of the 8th century, Pope Gregory III moved this holiday to…
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