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Brief History of the Jack O’ Lantern

Posted on November 1, 2017 by Steve D. under Asides

By ESanders (WMF) – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link

Tonight is officially Halloween of 2017. That means trick-or-treat for the kids, pranks for the juveniles, costume parties for the adults, and of course, the lighting of the carved-up pumpkin. But how did the “Jack-o-Lantern”, become such a traditional part of all this?

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Halloween and Martin Luther’s 95 Theses

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Steve D. under Holidays

Today may officially be Halloween, but on this day 495 years ago, monk and scholar Martin Luther ignited the Protestant Reformation by posting on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany, a piece of paper with his 95 revolutionary opinions (protests) objecting to the Roman Catholic Church.

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Hallowed be thy E’en …

Posted on October 31, 2010 by Steve D. under Holidays

It goes back to the Ancient Order of Druids, is based on the Celtic end-of-summer festival “Sahain”, has some traits from Ancient Roman culture, and has evolved through the Old English Church to be known as “All Saint’s Day” or “Hallowed E’en”.

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