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Halloween, like so many other secularized or Christianized holidays, originated as a Pagan holiday. Nov. 1 is the Celtic New Year, and the night before is the Feast of Samhain. According to Celtic tradition, this is a night of heightened spiritual activity, when the borders between this world and the netherworld are blurred and spirits (and humans, for that matter) are able to travel back and forth. Through many different twists and turns, elements of this Pagan holiday have been carried through the centuries and turned into the secular Halloween celebration we have today. You can see why some of the more fundamentalist Christians would take issue with the festivities, and I agree with the other respondent that your neighbor was quite tactless in expressing her disapproval.

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Name : KX, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Bisexual, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Pagan, Age : 27, City : Pittsburgh, State : PA, Country : United States, Occupation : Graduate Student, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Lower middle class, 

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