Is Halloween a pagan holiday?

Shawn October 31, 2021 at 21:06 1750 views 7 comments

I was told Halloween is a pagan holiday.

Is that true?

Comments (7)

Artemis October 31, 2021 at 21:12 #615212 0 likes

Is this a philosophy question?

Shawn October 31, 2021 at 21:12 #615213 0 likes

Ah, nevermind.

https://time.com/5434659/halloween-pagan-origins-in-samhain/?amp=true

Yohan October 31, 2021 at 21:21 #615227 0 likes

Quoting Artemis

Is this a philosophy question?

Perhaps applied epistemology?

Wheatley October 31, 2021 at 21:22 #615231 0 likes

It's a scary holiday.

Nils Loc October 31, 2021 at 21:27 #615242 0 likes

Halloween isn't a holiday. Holidays are days on which no work is done.

Therefore holidays don't exist. Can you imagine a day on which no work is done? What is life but work...

Wheatley October 31, 2021 at 22:32 #615300 0 likes

Quoting Shawn

I don't observe pagan holidays.

Reply to Shawn You tell me. :smirk:

Wheatley October 31, 2021 at 22:45 #615310 0 likes

One theory holds that many Halloween traditions were influenced by Celtic harvest festivals, particularly the Gaelic festival Samhain, which are believed to have pagan roots;[12][13][14][15] some go further and suggest that Samhain may have been Christianized as All Hallow's Day, along with its eve, by the early Church.[16] Other academics believe Halloween began solely as a Christian holiday, being the vigil of All Hallow's Day.[17][18][19][20] Celebrated in Ireland and Scotland for centuries, Irish and Scottish migrants brought many Halloween customs to North America in the 19th century,[21][22] and then through American influence, Halloween spread to other countries by the late 20th and early 21st century.[23][24]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween