Celebrating Hallowe’en

Halloween and Hallowe’en are dictionary-accepted forms of the contraction of All Hallows’ Evening. Originating with the Celtic calendar, marking the first day of the year as November 1st., when the Catholic Church named November 1st All Saints’ Day, or All Hallows, October 31st became All Hallows’ Eve, like Christmas Eve; and, like Christmas, All Saints’ Day can be called Hallowmas.