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UOJ has an interesting take on Helloween vs. Hallowed Saints:

The holiday’s name carries an old Christian word: hallow, meaning holy or saint. It comes from All Hallows’ Eve, the eve of All Saints’ Day, which the Western Church keeps on November 1. (the Orthodox celebration for this day is the first Sunday after Pentecost, in late spring to early summer). Its customs also draw on Samhain, the Gaelic festival that marked the end of the harvest and the start of winter, though the exact link remains debated among historians.

Over the centuries, several religious and folk traditions, the exploration of which would need more room than we have here, have blended into the Halloween we know today. In the end, the name, with its holy roots, survived, yet the saints seem to have disappeared.

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