| But both are thought to embody strong pre-Christian beliefs | It is customary to take pictures of funerals or even videotape them |
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| Festivals commemorating the saints as opposed to the original Christian martyrs appear to have been observed by 800 | Halloween or Hallowe'en, is the yearly celebration on October 31st that signifies the first day of Allhallowtide, being the time to remember the dead, including martyrs, saints and all faithful departed Christians |
The name given to October 31, the eve of the Christian festival of All Saints Day November 1.
| In the case of Halloween, the Celtic celebration of Samhain is critical to its pagan legacy, a claim that has been foregrounded in recent years by both new-age enthusiasts and the evangelical Right | Originally celebrated as the night before All Saints' Day, Christians chose November first to honor their many saints |
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| Hughes, Rebekkah 29 October 2014 | In England and Germany, this celebration took place on 1st November |
The night before was called All Saints' Eve or hallowed eve meaning holy evening.
28| Halloween, a holiday with religious origins but increasingly secularized as celebrated in America, came to assume major proportions as a children's festivity | |
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| Hallowtide covers the three days — 31 October All-Hallows Eve or Hallowe'en , 1 November All Saints and 2 November All Souls | To Finns, death is a part of the cycle of life, and a funeral is another special occasion worth remembering |
Most funerals are Lutheran, and nearly 98 percent of all funerals take place in a church.
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