Who started Halloween and how did they celebrate it?

Answer 1

Halloween is very popular in Ireland, where it originated, and is known in Irish as Oíche Shamhna (pron: ee-hah how-nah), literally "Samhain Night". Pre-Christian Celts had an autumn festival, Samhain (pronounced /ˈsˠaunʲ/from the Old Irish samain), "End of Summer", a pastoral and agricultural "fire festival" or feast, when the dead revisited the mortal world, and large communal bonfires would hence be lit to ward off evil spirits.

Answer 2

All hallows eve started as a pagan holiday where people left food out for spirits/demons so they would not come in the house and hurt their family

It was not All Hallows Eve until Christianity mad October 31 the vigil of their All Saints Day November 1. All Hallows or Hallowee'en means All Holy or Holy Evening. Christians wanted to help the converts forget pagan ways so they often made pagan holidays/customs into celebrations of Christian feasts. Sometimes they kept customs "from the old days" so people would be comfortable and accept the new beliefs.

Answer 3

Ireland started Halloween. It is a Celtic holiday to celebrate their ancestors.

Answer 4

Celebration of the modern day Hallow's Eve, or Halloween, started in 1911. There are however other customs related to the fall solstice that date back to medieval times.

Answer 5

The church started it as it was the day where the harvest season stops. It is known as the start to the darker side of the year hence the Horror theme. Its also an old English word