Is Halloween a religious holiday for anybody else on SW? [Spirituality & Religion]

@Qwerty14 the Christians co-opted it from the pagans.

@Qwerty14 As best I understand it, in Anglican liturgy (which I am most familiar with), November 1st is All Saints Day, but that holiday doesn't actually start until dawn of the 1st.

@RemovedUsername8862 Allhallowtide is a 3 day celebration covering Halloween, All Saints Day and All Souls Day.

@CopperCicada Sure... If you mean they placed their holiday at the same time as another for easier conversion. This is a common thing.

@Qwerty14 Is that the Catholic version of the same holiday?

@RemovedUsername8862 Allhallowtide is of Catholic origin but the Anglicans do celebrate according to Wikipedia

@Qwerty14 Hmm... I haven't heard that specific term before, but that could be a regional thing, as the Anglicanism that I'm familiar with is American Episcopalianism.

Thank you for bringing the term to my attention!

@RemovedUsername8862 It's a simple term. Hallow just means saint. Tide is a specific time. So it's basically the time for all saints. Most people hear the term tide though at Christmas. The 12 days of Christmas being called Christmastide.

Further, the term Halloween literally means the eve of saints. Though now it's become the day of costumes and candy lol

@Qwerty14 Ah, that explains it. The version celebrated at the church I used to attend refers to its celebration as "All Saints Day", which would be the same thing in a one-day consolidated form.