HISTORY OF HALLOWEEN PRESENTATION

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HOW DID HALLOWEEN GET ITS NAME?

Halloween was originally called All Hallows’ Eve. It means the evening before

All Saints’ Day. “Hallow” is an Old English word for “saint.” This was

shortened to Hallowe’en and then changed to Halloween. Satanists have taken

on Hallowe’en as one of their three main seasonal days of celebration.

Hallowe’en refers to the time from sunset on October 31st, when people used to

start the festivals of All Saints with a night watch, to sunrise on November 1st.

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WHEN DID HALLOWEEN START TO BE CELEBRATED?

The Halloween celebration began during the Middle

Ages, which was about 600 years ago, by the Roman

Catholic church

•http://www.holybible.com/resources/halloween.htm

WHAT IS THE CONNECTION BETWEEN SALEM AND

HALLOWEEN?

There really are no connections. People refer them

to be connected because of the whole idea of witches

with the costumes trick or treaters wear for

Halloween.

SALEMThe Salem witch trials occurred in Massachusetts between 1692 and 1963. Over 200

people were accused of practicing witchcraft and 20 were executed. In the end, the

colony confessed that the trials were a mistake and rewarded those whose families were

convicted. Meanwhile, the stories of the trials has become synonymous with paranoia and

injustice, and it continues to fascinate the popular imagination more than 300 years later.

• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/brief-salem.html

HALLOWEEN

Halloween is a annual holiday, which occurs on October

31st , the eve of Western Christian feast of All Hallows. This

holiday is observed all over the world. It began 600 years

ago during the Middle Ages by the Roman Catholic Church.

On this holiday, children dress up in costumes and go trick

or treating. Halloween is mostly about festivals.

•http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween

HOW OLD IS TOO OLD TO GO TRICK-OR-TREATING?

I don’t think there is an actual appropriate age to

go trick or treating. Anyone can go weather just for

fun or if they’re just taking their kids. It’s fun for all

ages!

WHY ARE BLACK AND ORANGE THE COLORS

THAT ARE USED TO REPRESENT

HALLOWEEN?

BLACK

Black symbolizes darkness. It also refers to the side of Halloween that

deals with the festival of all the dead, in which it was once assumed to be.

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ORANGE

Orange represents harvest time because during that

time everything looks orange in autumn.

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WHAT DO PUMPKINS HAVE TO DO WITH HALLOWEEN?

People carve pumpkins and put lanterns

inside them which makes the pumpkin become

a Jack O’Lantern. The name “Jack O’Lantern”

comes from the Irish legend about a man

named Stingy Jack.

•http://www.history.com/topics/jack-olantern-history

WHAT IS THE STORY BEHIND THE LEGEND OF JACK-O -LANTERN AND WHERE DID IT GET ITS

NAME?“According to the story, Stingy Jack invited the Devil to have a drink with him. True to his name,

Stingy Jack didn't want to pay for his drink, so he convinced the Devil to turn himself into a coin

that Jack could use to buy their drinks. Once the Devil did so, Jack decided to keep the money and

put it into his pocket next to a silver cross, which prevented the Devil from changing back into his

original form. Jack eventually freed the Devil, under the condition that he would not bother Jack

for one year and that, should Jack die, he would not claim his soul. The next year, Jack again

tricked the Devil into climbing into a tree to pick a piece of fruit. While he was up in the tree, Jack

carved a sign of the cross into the tree's bark so that the Devil could not come down until the

Devil promised Jack not to bother him for ten more years. Soon after, Jack died. As the legend

goes, God would not allow such an unsavory figure into heaven. The Devil, upset by the trick Jack

had played on him and keeping his word not to claim his soul, would not allow Jack into hell. He

sent Jack off into the dark night with only a burning coal to light his way. Jack put the coal into a

carved-out turnip and has been roaming the Earth with ever since. ”

The Irish began to refer to this ghostly figure as "Jack of the Lantern," and then, simply "Jack

O'Lantern.“

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W H Y C O U L D N ’ T C A RV E D P U M P K I N S B E U S E D F O R H A L LO W E E N I N I R E L A N D I N

T H E 1 4 T H C E N T U RY ?

Pumpkins are resident to America and did not

really get refined in Europe until the 16th century.

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W H AT V E G E TA B L E WA S O R I G I NA L LY U S E D F O R JAC K - O - L A N T E R N S ?

Turnips were originally used because they look like skeleton heads. The

heads were considered to contain wisdom and spirit and were stuck to

the door to scare away demons by the Celts. The Irish did it to remember

Stingy Jack who wandered the earth with a turnip lit up.

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