MrRING
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Does anybody really know when Halloween (or the festival/religious observance that srted it) would have been held in ancient pagan europe? It seems like it could be a set day, with October 31- November 2 being the likely candidate, but it seems more likely that it was based in a season rather than a linear date.
Also, in the book Santa Clause: Last of the Wildmen, the case is made (convincingly so) that all the best parts of Halloween and Christmas and New Years were all part of the same holiday and that they were split up over the years at the whim of the Chruch who tried to diminish the old belief's hold over the people. So would Halloween have actually been during the Yule season?
Also, in the book Santa Clause: Last of the Wildmen, the case is made (convincingly so) that all the best parts of Halloween and Christmas and New Years were all part of the same holiday and that they were split up over the years at the whim of the Chruch who tried to diminish the old belief's hold over the people. So would Halloween have actually been during the Yule season?