All Hallows Eve

Night before Hallowmas

All Hallows Eve is the evening before All Saints' Day—October 31st, now celebrated as Halloween.

The name is archaic and formal, appearing mainly in historical or literary contexts: On All Hallows Eve, the boundary between the living and dead grows thin.

The contracted form Halloween has almost entirely replaced it in everyday speech.

candy

trick-or-treat

Halloween candy solicitation

caramel apples · lollipops · gummies · caramels · toffee · candy bars · treats · sugar · taffy · licorice

decorations

cobwebs

Abandoned spider silk

fog machine · black cat · bat · spider · cauldron · broomstick · graveyard · haunted house · spiderweb · yard display

origins

Samhain

Celtic harvest-end observance

harvest · autumn · October · bonfire · ancestors · veil · spirits · folklore · ancient · rituals

spooky

haunted

Occupied by ghosts

macabre · sinister · frightening · ghoulish · ominous · spectral · uncanny · dreadful · shadowy · mysterious

pumpkins

jack-o-lantern

Carved pumpkin with candle

  • carvingShaping by cutting away
  • gourdsHard-rinded fleshy fruits
  • patchMaterial covering damage

candlelight · lantern · orange · seeds · stem · roasting · toasted seeds · face · candle · glow

costumes

disguise

Identity-concealing alteration

zombie · ghost · skeleton · monster · werewolf · mummy · devil · pirate · superhero · villain

Categories
Opposites
liturgical calendar position

All Hallows EveEaster Vigil

Pre-Easter overnight liturgy

Christmas Eve · Easter · Midsummer · Pentecost · May Day

seasonal atmosphere

All Hallows EveMidsummer

Summer's peak period

May Day · Beltane · Fourth of July · harvest festival

relationship to death and the supernatural

All Hallows EveChristmas

Winter nativity celebration

Easter · christening · baby shower · Valentine's Day · Mother's Day

Family

hallow, hallows, hallowed, Halloween, hollow, evening

Familiarity
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