Many people think that Halloween is a “devil worshipping†holiday celebrated by people who
don’t believe in God, but the truth is that Halloween really has its basic origins in the Catholic
Church. Halloween means “All Saints Eve†or “All Hallows Eveâ€.
All Saints Day is a religious holiday observed by the Catholic Church and set aside for worship
of all the saints in heaven. They used to consider it with all solemnity as one of the most
significant observances of the Church year
The American origin of Halloween extends further from the Celts celebration of Samhain
(pronounced sow – in) which is a Druidic festival made to celebrate the end of the harvest. As
with a lot of Celtic lore, faeries were thought to be extremely active at this time as they ushered
in the winter.
