All Saints Day.
Utah is strange when it comes to Trick-or-Treating. If Halloween falls on a Sunday, Trick-or-Treating usually takes place the day before Halloween. But since this hear Halloween falls on a Monday, Trick-or-Treating will take place on Halloween as usual.
The dates of Reformation Day and Halloween are mere coincidence. Reformation Day did not "transform" into Halloween, and is a separate holiday.
Halloween comes from the term: All Hallow's Eve.All Hallow's Eve was the night before All Hallow's Day, or All Saint's Day.A possible way it derived into Halloween is a mere mispronunciation of Hallow's Evening (Hallowe'en).
In the calendar, Valentine's Day (in February) comes before Halloween (in October). Historically, many of our modern Halloween traditions can be traced back to pre-Christian Celtic practices, which date back to centuries BC. St. Valentine was not martyred and made a saint until 270 AD. Halloween was celebrated first.
In the United States, the Federal holiday that comes before Halloween (which isn't a Federal holiday) is Columbus Day. Originally, it was observed on October 12, but since 1970, the observance is locked into the second Monday in October. Not all states recognized the observance. The nationally recognized holiday before Halloween is Labor Day - the first Monday in September.
Day of the dead.
It comes from a Christian church feastday - the evening before All Hallow's Day, November 1st, the Feastday of All Saints.
It comes from a Christian church feastday - the evening before All Hallow's Day, November 1st, the Feastday of All Saints.
Halloween is in Halloween as Christmas is in Christmas as Hanukah is in Hanukah. If you are asking why it is in October, then it is based on Mexico's Day of the Dead, also in October. Plus, the first day of November is All Saints Day, so the day before, (in October), is casting the evil spirits away, thus Halloween. Halloween is based on the evening before All-Saints Day (otherwise known as All Hallowed Day). All Hallow E'en
probably a day or two before Halloween
Halloween is the shortened version of All Hallow's Day's Evening, or "the night before All Hallow's Day."
If today is Friday, the day that comes before yesterday is Wednesday. The day that follows Wednesday is Thursday. Therefore, the day that follows the day that comes after the day that comes before the day before yesterday is Friday.