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Halloween was originally called All Hallows Eve, which means the evening before All Saints Day. Hallow is an old English word for

Saints.

Shttp://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_did_Halloween_get_its_nameaint’s Day. Halloween is an old English word for saint.

HOW HALLOWEEN GOT IT’S NAME…….

Halloween was not celebrated in the U.S until the 1850’s. Halloween was celebrated by the Celtics in the 16 th

chttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloweenentury.

WHEN DID HALLOWEEN START

If you were alive for the Salem witch trials, you are probably to old to trick or treat.

HOW OLD IS TOO OLD?

The Celtics chose orange and black because they are autumn colors. Orange represents the pumpkins and the leaves!

http://www.allaboutpopularissues.org/origin-of-halloween-colors-faq.htm

WHY ARE BLACK & ORANGE HALLOWEEN COLORS?

There is an Irish story about a guy named stingy jack. One day stingy jack talked the devil into having a drink with him. Stingy

jack convinced the devil to turn himself into a coin to pay for the drinks. Stingy Jack decided to keep the coin, and he put him in his pocket next to a cross which prevented him into changing back to his original form. Jack eventually freed him under the condition, that he would not bother Jack for 1 year and when he died he did not claim his hand. A year later Jack got the devil to climb a fruit tree, & Jack carved a cross in the tree. Jack made another deal

that the devil could not bother him for 10 years. The legend goes God would not let an unsavory figure into Heaven. So the devil

sent jack into the night with only a piece of coal to light his way. http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?

qid=20111026021014AADVC1L

JACK O’ LATTERNS ..

JACK O’ LATTERN

Stingy Jack carved a turnip, and put his coal in there.

WHAT DO PUMPKINS HAVE TO DO WITH HALLOWEEN?

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20111026021014AADVC1

Witches, are the connection

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THE CONNECTION BETWEEN SALEM AND HALLOWEEN

The Irish hollowed out Turnips.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_vegetable_was_originally_used_to_make_a_Jack_o_lantern

WHAT VEGETABLES WERE ORIGINAL USED FOR HALLOWEEN?

They couldn’t grow them in Ireland

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_are_pumpkins_associated_with_Halloween

WHY PUMPKINS COULDN’T USED…?

Anton Lavey formed the first Church of Satan in the mid 20 th century. In his version of Satanism they celebrated three holidays; Satan’s birthday, Walpurginsact, and Halloween. Halloween is not

an evil holiday, the Satanist recently adapted this tradition.

http://altreligion.about.com/od/holidaysfestivalsevents/f/halloween-satanism.htm

DEVIL WORSHIPERS & HALLOWEEN.

The first Halloween movie was…

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077651/

THE FIRST HALLOWEEN MOVIE..

The Club Kids say, “no, it does not.”

DOES IT HAVE TO BE HALLOWEEN TO DRESS UP IN COSTUMES?..