Halloween 2020 History

 

Halloween is a holiday celebrated every year on October 31st, and Halloween 2020 takes place on Saturday, October 31st. This tradition originated with the ancient Celtic festival Samhain, where people lit bonfires and dressed to ward off demons. In the eighth century, Pope Gregory III referred to November 1 as the time to honor all saints. Soon, All Saints' Day will have some traditions of Samhain. The evening before is called All Hallows Eve and later Halloween. Over time, Halloween has evolved into a day of activities such as trick-or-treating, carving Jack-o-lanterns, festive gatherings, dressing up and eating dinner.

Ancient Origins of Halloween

The origins of Halloween are the ancient Celtic festival Samhain (planted seed). The Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago, celebrated their New Year on November 1, mostly in Ireland, the United Kingdom and northern France.

Today is the end of summer and the beginning of the harvest and the dark, cold winter, which is often associated with human death. The night before the New Year, the Celts believed that the boundary between the living worlds and the dead had become blurred. On the night of October 31, they celebrated Samhain, believing that the ghosts of the dead had returned to earth.

In addition to causing trouble and damaging crops, the Celts believed that the presence of otherworldly spirits made it easier for Druids or Celtic priests to make predictions about the future. For people who rely entirely on the volatile natural world, these prophecies are an important source of comfort in the long, dark winter.

To commemorate this event, the Druids built huge sacred bonfires, where people burned crops and animals as sacrifices to the Celtic gods. During the ceremony, the Celts dressed up, usually with animal heads and skins and tried to tell each other good luck.

After the ceremony, they re-lit their hearth fires that had been extinguished that evening from the sacred bonfires to help protect them for the coming winter.

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