^ With human sacrifices and animal abuse. Please don’t celebrate this holiday, it’s way more than just a party or good fun, God bless you and stay safe out there
It originated in Ireland and the Irish Gaels brought their language and culture to the west coast of Scotland in the 5th century Samhain is from Old Irish.
JuanPowerball yessss! I hate when they say its an "Irish and English tradition" I'm just like"ITS NOT ENGLISH FOR FUCK SAKE GET SHIT RIGHT" I rage when people can't even do their job right it just pisses me off
“Samhain” may have originated in Ireland, but it spread across the Celtic lands (England, Wales, Scotland and parts of Northern France) long before the 5th century - seeing as it was already well established hundreds of years before the Roman occupation of England and Wales in 43 AD; where it merged with certain Roman traditions (particularly 2 Roman festivals), to create some of its most well known features (e.g. apple bobbing). Then came the influence of Christianity in later centuries (where the name “All-Hallows-Eve” originates), and of course the developments that occurred whilst in the US (e.g. pumpkin carving) - although of course at first it was only really practiced within New England (for obvious reasons).
As with the Celts, many Neopagans today believe that October 31st is when the veil between worlds is thin, especially between the world of the living and the world of the dead. It is our high holyday. People you died in the year before will pass on this coming Halloween. It's a day of mourning, contemplation and rememberence for us, like one giant funeral for all the recently dead. So please show respect.
These days, not many people are aware of the origin of Halloween. I didn't know that Halloween had a religious origin. I think that the way people celebrate Halloween nowadays is more child friendly and that makes it a better holiday to celebrate than Halloween of the past.
The modern Halloween was spread by the Catholic Church, but the original tradition is much older; it goes hundreds of years back in time. The tradition was adopted and taken by the Catholic Church, but it was already in existence before that time.
From communion with the dead to pumpkins and pranks. Halloween is a patchwork holiday stitch together with cultural, religious and occult traditions that spanscenturies. It all began with the Celts a people whose culture had spread across Europe more than 2,000 years ago. October 31st was the day they celebrated the end of the harvest season in a festival called Samhein. That night also marked the Celtic New Year and was considered a time between years: a magical time when the ghosts of the dead walked the earth. It was the time when the veil between death and life was supposed to be at its thinnest. On Samhein the villagers gathered and lit huge bonfires to drive the dead back to the spirit world and keep them away from the living. But as the Catholic Church's influence grew in Europe it frowned on the pagan rituals like Samhein. In the 7th century the Vatican began to merge it with a church sanctioned holiday. So November 1st was designated All Saints Day to honor martyrs and the deceased faithful. Both of these holidays had to do with the afterlife and about survival after death. It was a calculated move on the part of the church to bring more people into the fold. All Saints Day was known then as Hallowmas. Hallow means holy or saintly, so the translation is roughly "mass of the saints". The night before October 31st was All Hallows Eve which gradually morphed into Halloween. The holiday came to America with the wave of Irish immigrants during the potato famine of the 1840s. They brought several of their holiday customs with them including bobbing for apples and playing tricks on neighbors like removing gates from the front of houses. The young pranksters wore masks so they wouldn't be recognized. But over the years the tradition of harmless tricks grew into outright vandalism. Back in the 1930s it really became a dangerous holiday. I mean there was such hooliganism and vandalism. Trick-or-treating was originally a extortion deal: give us candy or will trash your house. Store keepers and neighbors began giving treats or bribes to stop the tricks, and children were encouraged to travel door-to-door for treat as an alternative to troublemaking. By the late 30s trick-or-treat became the holiday greeting.
Both the Catholic Church and Protestant Churches (Protestant Reformation) do not resemble anything Christian, as when Jesus and his Apostles walked they earth!
@@adhamhmacconchobhair7565 Omg, I was 12 when I wrote this comment 🤦🏻♀️ Apparently I thought that you can celebrate Halloween only if you are exclusively from the USA 🤦🏻♀️😂 Thank you for reminding me of this comment and giving me a good laugh 😂 I did celebrate Halloween in the meantime! Fun times! 🎃 Hope you have a wonderful Halloween this year! 🙋🏻♀️
Hallo! (Biblical) God loves you, and He died for you as Jesus Christ! Please watch this, and please turn entirely to Him while you still can, Have a good day!
I am Irish at 53 now i remember when i was young we would change peoples gates we would change the Posh gates with the less well off gate and that was a big Difference.
now i know why where i grew up, in a candian neighborhood on the prairie why we called it "gate night". mostly just hung around, let the air out of tires maybe, toilet paper someones tree...pretty tame stuff. but i never knew why it was called gate night
roy littlefield Well you couldn’t expect anything good out of the holiday. Who threatens to cause damage to someone’s property and or harm someone if you didn’t give them what they wanted? There’s no wonder why they come out with movies like The Purge. To similar to me.
Yeah they should add it to the ever growing list of things you can't say or do that might possibly offend some one. "No celebrating Halloween by means of vandalism " knowing them they will probably try to just ban the whole day altogether encase it might offend the spirits feelings.
If you do a little more research into the origins and the actual activities that take place, it’s not something you should celebrate at all. It’s a very evil holiday, please be careful out there. God bless y’all
@@daughterofchrist8809 Yep: harvest festival and remembrance of the souls of the dead. Modern activities include parties, candy, costumes and watching scary movies. Evil comes from vandalism and theft God bless!
Hallo! Although this is unrelated to the topic of your comment, (Biblical) God loves you, and He died for you as Jesus Christ! Please watch this, and please turn entirely to Him while you still can, Have a good day!
17 ปีที่แล้ว +12
The Halloween started to be known in Brazil (my country)just since four or five years ago. Many people here are against the halloween, but I am not.
Cool video, but one minor error. At 1.59 the image of the Main Building on Ellis Island appears while the narrator describes Irish immigrants fleeing the Potato Famine of the "1840's" (actually 1845-1852). Ellis Island didn't become an immigration station until 1892. The Main Building pictured wasn't built until 1900.
Hallo! Although this is unrelated to the topic of your comment, (Biblical) God loves you, and He died for you as Jesus Christ! Please watch this, and please turn entirely to Him while you still can, Have a good day!
I could learn about Halloween through this video. Halloween culture is not very developed in our country, but we can feel it in the streets like Itaewon. I am also a student, so I cannot enjoy Halloween now, but if I become an adult, I would like to participate in the Halloween party and enjoy this culture.
You SAID IF I BECOME AN ADULT WHICH IS SCARY. ONE SHOULD NEVER HAVE TO SAY IF BUT WE LIVE IN SCARY TIMES. DEMOCRATS ARE NOT A PARTY ANYMORE THEY ARE A CULT BUT NO ONE BELIEVES... THUS THEY COME TO POWER!!!!
History is not interpretation, is the recollection of facts. I'm aware you're American and might not know what this thing of facts means anymore; nonetheless facts, specially historical ones, still exist here in Europe and we cherish them.
that cool your birthday's on Halloween. Mine is the first of August so it and Halloween always fall on the same day of the week which is somewhat good but not as good as yours!
My parents are extremely religious, and have never celebrated Halloween. This is my last year being a child and I have never gone trick or treating, nor will I be able to :( I can't even give out candy :(((
God is One. The Only Absolute Ruler in the universe... spirits, statue, pictures, pagans ritual are only cultural heritage. it doesn't give you any answer and lead you to nowhere.
Hallo! Although this is unrelated to the topic of your comment, (Biblical) God loves you, and He died for you as Jesus Christ! Please watch this, and please turn entirely to Him while you still can, Have a good day!
2020: We do not negotiate with terrorists!
1930s: Here's some candy, kids. Can we have our gate back?
Lol
🤣🤣🤣
This thread comforts me because the other comments/threads are dated up to 12 years ago. 😳😂
I’m here bc me and my brother r playing school
My Rottweiler would teach those kids not to remove my gate.
Just saved myself a 40 minute documentary
I know right! Lol
Where is that 40min documentary. I wanna watch it.
Me too but I still want to watch it. 🤷🏽♀️
Just skipped past a 40 min and 60 min documentary to this 3 min vid
LOLLLL true
I remember good ole youtube when it had no commercials!!
Hello
Ah, yes the good old days
You mean the golden days?
U are already 8 years old
bla bla
Who else think Europe has a scary history?
Of course they have
You Found Me :3 Ask native Americans
Means ur culture came from the scary parts
You Found Me :3 nah latins 👌🏼
You Found Me :3 but also the best.
2020 Anyone!?
Meh
Me .....but .....no holowen for me because im in Asia 😭
me
Mememememememe
Yas
Actually they wore masks to disguise themselves from the ghost'. I have Learnt about samhain in great detail from school since I live in Ireland.
Rhianna Coady Dia duit mo chara
Sadly, people who are watching this on tv are going to be mislead ( unless they do their own research which many will not )
Harse Harseman conas a tá tú?
I don`t understand Irish. Sorry
shark 89 haha don't worry someone was talking tome in irish and I was talking back to them that's all
Funny how they dont mention the human sacrifices.
Exactly!! All the missing children
wasnt there a bunch of orgies going on too? Why is this so watered down?
@@reallio8165 so kids can watch it?
Keep them where you must.
Hello
cool, the celts really knew how to party :)
Oldest comment I have ever seen
^ With human sacrifices and animal abuse. Please don’t celebrate this holiday, it’s way more than just a party or good fun, God bless you and stay safe out there
@@daughterofchrist8809😂🤣 the Abrahamic god doesn't exist
Who is here in 2020 the year of pandemic and today is halloween happy Halloween y'all
We are heading to US election in 3 days
I’m from Ireland! It’s really cool that Halloween originated from here🎃
You don't know that?
Halloween is cool, but it doesn't compare to Día de Muertos a mexican tradition celebrated on November 1st and 2nd.
Halloween is the best day ever ❤
It originated in Ireland and the Irish Gaels brought their language and culture to the west coast of Scotland in the 5th century Samhain is from Old Irish.
JuanPowerball yessss! I hate when they say its an "Irish and English tradition" I'm just like"ITS NOT ENGLISH FOR FUCK SAKE GET SHIT RIGHT" I rage when people can't even do their job right it just pisses me off
Have a Snickers
JuanPowerball i
@Leo Maunsell not a hope
“Samhain” may have originated in Ireland, but it spread across the Celtic lands (England, Wales, Scotland and parts of Northern France) long before the 5th century - seeing as it was already well established hundreds of years before the Roman occupation of England and Wales in 43 AD; where it merged with certain Roman traditions (particularly 2 Roman festivals), to create some of its most well known features (e.g. apple bobbing). Then came the influence of Christianity in later centuries (where the name “All-Hallows-Eve” originates), and of course the developments that occurred whilst in the US (e.g. pumpkin carving) - although of course at first it was only really practiced within New England (for obvious reasons).
As with the Celts, many Neopagans today believe that October 31st is when the veil between worlds is thin, especially between the world of the living and the world of the dead.
It is our high holyday. People you died in the year before will pass on this coming Halloween. It's a day of mourning, contemplation and rememberence for us, like one giant funeral for all the recently dead. So please show respect.
These days, not many people are aware of the origin of Halloween. I didn't know that Halloween had a religious origin. I think that the way people celebrate Halloween nowadays is more child friendly and that makes it a better holiday to celebrate than Halloween of the past.
The modern Halloween was spread by the Catholic Church, but the original tradition is much older; it goes hundreds of years back in time. The tradition was adopted and taken by the Catholic Church, but it was already in existence before that time.
And at the same time you could say that everything religious has its origin in nature.
whether its christmas or halloween, american will always celebrating it in the most coolest way..and then everyones follow
Who is watching this video Today ( 31 october)
Well November 1st. 😳
From communion with the dead to pumpkins and pranks. Halloween is a patchwork holiday stitch together with cultural, religious and occult traditions that spanscenturies. It all began with the Celts a people whose culture had spread across Europe more than 2,000 years ago. October 31st was the day they celebrated the end of the harvest season in a festival called Samhein. That night also marked the Celtic New Year and was considered a time between years: a magical time when the ghosts of the dead walked the earth. It was the time when the veil between death and life was supposed to be at its thinnest. On Samhein the villagers gathered and lit huge bonfires to drive the dead back to the spirit world and keep them away from the living. But as the Catholic Church's influence grew in Europe it frowned on the pagan rituals like Samhein. In the 7th century the Vatican began to merge it with a church sanctioned holiday. So November 1st was designated All Saints Day to honor martyrs and the deceased faithful. Both of these holidays had to do with the afterlife and about survival after death. It was a calculated move on the part of the church to bring more people into the fold. All Saints Day was known then as Hallowmas. Hallow means holy or saintly, so the translation is roughly "mass of the saints". The night before October 31st was All Hallows Eve which gradually morphed into Halloween. The holiday came to America with the wave of Irish immigrants during the potato famine of the 1840s. They brought several of their holiday customs with them including bobbing for apples and playing tricks on neighbors like removing gates from the front of houses. The young pranksters wore masks so they wouldn't be recognized. But over the years the tradition of harmless tricks grew into outright vandalism. Back in the 1930s it really became a dangerous holiday. I mean there was such hooliganism and vandalism. Trick-or-treating was originally a extortion deal: give us candy or will trash your house. Store keepers and neighbors began giving treats or bribes to stop the tricks, and children were encouraged to travel door-to-door for treat as an alternative to troublemaking. By the late 30s trick-or-treat became the holiday greeting.
Both the Catholic Church and Protestant Churches (Protestant Reformation) do not resemble anything Christian, as when Jesus and his Apostles walked they earth!
Thank you!
Thank you very much for this transcription!
@@JessicaPastura-p4j you are welcome 🙏 But still there are several mistakes, be aware
coucou ma puce
Oh, nooo, I'm so sad that I can't celebrate halooween:(
Why can't you? :(
@@adhamhmacconchobhair7565 Omg, I was 12 when I wrote this comment 🤦🏻♀️ Apparently I thought that you can celebrate Halloween only if you are exclusively from the USA 🤦🏻♀️😂 Thank you for reminding me of this comment and giving me a good laugh 😂 I did celebrate Halloween in the meantime! Fun times! 🎃 Hope you have a wonderful Halloween this year! 🙋🏻♀️
@@Anitsirh Time flies
@@Anitsirh lmao I'd have thought you wouldn't respond to your 12 year old comment
12 years wow
Thanks a lot for this video! I use it with my students when Halloween is approaching
Same!
I have been using this video for my English class for 5 freaking years!!
haha this is my third I guess
i am a proud Christain but i cant help loving halloween i do it for fun not religon!
I'm celtic. Halloween is in my blood. I get more excited for it then Christmas.
Hallo! (Biblical) God loves you, and He died for you as Jesus Christ! Please watch this, and please turn entirely to Him while you still can, Have a good day!
@@sharonr2121 That comment was when I was 19. I was a moron. I'm still not christian but I feel really embarrassed about what I wrote back in 2015.
Ryan, God loves you!
Out of all the holidays, Halloween is the one I look forward to the most. Even more than Christmas.
I wouldn't consider Halloween a holiday 😉
@@PurpleObscuration it is, though. Not all holidays are christian
Me too!
I am Irish at 53 now i remember when i was young we would change peoples gates we would change the Posh gates with the less well off gate and that was a big Difference.
now i know why where i grew up, in a candian neighborhood on the prairie why we called it "gate night". mostly just hung around, let the air out of tires maybe, toilet paper someones tree...pretty tame stuff. but i never knew why it was called gate night
Brilliant stuff and Tame no one got Hurt that was a Bonus
YOU FORGOT OUR IRISH TURNIPS, OUR TURNIP JACK-O-LANTERNS
I would take "offence" if someone took my gate...
roy littlefield Well you couldn’t expect anything good out of the holiday. Who threatens to cause damage to someone’s property and or harm someone if you didn’t give them what they wanted? There’s no wonder why they come out with movies like The Purge. To similar to me.
Izzyandreadiaz I know.. it was just my thinking
ha
Yeah they should add it to the ever growing list of things you can't say or do that might possibly offend some one. "No celebrating Halloween by means of vandalism " knowing them they will probably try to just ban the whole day altogether encase it might offend the spirits feelings.
"Harmless tricks grew into outright vandalism"
This also describes tiktok
That's sooo cool that halloween's origin began in Ireland!
I mean celts is Scotland as well
@Thrk but it began in Ireland.
Goodness, when I thought of halloween i always thought of candy and costumes, but i guess I have a lot to learn!!!
Eleven years? 😱😱😱😱
Is really old and is my first time watching this
The last phrase says: "Trick or treat became the holiday greeting"
Very good video to learn briefly about the history of Halloween! Thank you very much! It is very useful for me and my students!
With all due respect, don't believe everything on u tube.
"This is Halloween! This is Halloween! Pumpkins scream at the dead of night!"
Why can't you celebrate it?
How old are u
hey are you alive?
If you do a little more research into the origins and the actual activities that take place, it’s not something you should celebrate at all. It’s a very evil holiday, please be careful out there. God bless y’all
@@daughterofchrist8809 Yep: harvest festival and remembrance of the souls of the dead. Modern activities include parties, candy, costumes and watching scary movies. Evil comes from vandalism and theft God bless!
So Halloween means “Holy Evening”
KittyPog LMFAO
Lol no, it’s All Hallows Evening
@@deidrerobinson8007if you're watching the video then actually he's correct to translates to Holy
@@triple_gem_shining it's anything but holy
Hallo! Although this is unrelated to the topic of your comment, (Biblical) God loves you, and He died for you as Jesus Christ! Please watch this, and please turn entirely to Him while you still can, Have a good day!
The Halloween started to be known in Brazil (my country)just since four or five years ago.
Many people here are against the halloween, but I am not.
Wow, a thirteen year old comment!
Are you Christian?
@@marlonmpoyo3845 hmm, does it matter?
@@marlonmpoyo3845,
Brazil is one of the most Catholic countries in the world
Oi eu esta Brasilida tam bem!
(I’m Brasilian too!)
Gregory the third be like let’s all just start a major holiday
10:46 Happy Halloween 2023👻 🎃
Halloween 2018 anyone?
2024 here
I'm going HALLELUJAH and AMEN🙏
Cool video, but one minor error. At 1.59 the image of the Main Building on Ellis Island appears while the narrator describes Irish immigrants fleeing the Potato Famine of the "1840's" (actually 1845-1852). Ellis Island didn't become an immigration station until 1892. The Main Building pictured wasn't built until 1900.
Hallo! Although this is unrelated to the topic of your comment, (Biblical) God loves you, and He died for you as Jesus Christ! Please watch this, and please turn entirely to Him while you still can, Have a good day!
neat
this is the kind of thing that I like, turning something good into excellent
My favorite holliday!
Happy Halloween!
thanks .. that's wonderful
No probs
He said sowin 😂😂
Fun fact. In the Irish language we speak today, Samhain means November and Oíche Shamhna (Night of Samhain) means Halloween 🎃
May I ask how you pronounce your name?
@@jarrodhall3686 Eefa 😊
Slavic knew this way before and there is so much more to it
thanks im writing a article for the school news paper
Each of us has a role to play in protecting our planet 🌏
I didn't know a Halloween Historian was a real job, and I now know what I want to be when I grow up
Well, it’s really only about 100 years. Connecting it to Samhain is nonsense.
loved your comment.. Happy Halloween!
I could learn about Halloween through this video. Halloween culture is not very developed in our country, but we can feel it in the streets like Itaewon. I am also a student, so I cannot enjoy Halloween now, but if I become an adult, I would like to participate in the Halloween party and enjoy this culture.
How long has it been a thing in Korea?
You SAID IF I BECOME AN ADULT WHICH IS SCARY. ONE SHOULD NEVER HAVE TO SAY IF BUT WE LIVE IN SCARY TIMES. DEMOCRATS ARE NOT A PARTY ANYMORE THEY ARE A CULT BUT NO ONE BELIEVES...
THUS THEY COME TO POWER!!!!
@@Godzgirl23 Sure, Jan
About Itaewon and Halloween, you wrote three years before the event...
Happy Halloween guys 🧡
And thank you for that, we love HALLOWEEN. My favorite holiday. Thanks Europe...
Tá mé go maith ó ann, go raibh maith agat dom.
Still the best holiday through the whole year. Nothing taken seriously and a bunch of horror movies to watch at home.
It represents sick satanic rituals. Nothing good about it.
@@georgejung5429 😂 yeah
Who's watching this in October 31 2020
is 13 october 🙄
Omg hi I’m doing it today in class
Why did they think fires would keep spirits away? You could argue fire is actually closer to a spirit world
A culturally ethnocentric idea of Halloween's origins. This is one interpretation
And the other interpretation(s) would be?
Yes, I've read other stories
History is not interpretation, is the recollection of facts. I'm aware you're American and might not know what this thing of facts means anymore; nonetheless facts, specially historical ones, still exist here in Europe and we cherish them.
Bobby Allen Americans ignore historic facts, and try to claim things for themselves...that’s a fact.
Thanks for this video!
yay, the history of my birthday.....
13 years omg
Thank you
nice video thank you for adding it :)
@ninafragen you mean thanks ireland, love halloween myself.best time of the year
this was the only time i was interested in learning!!!
Hiii how are uu?
Great video i have gathered such a knowledge about halloween. It will be helpful to my presentation.❤
The other three, as far as I know are Imbolc (Feb. 1), Beltaine (May 1), and Lugnasa (Aug. 1)
It's been 12 years, you still good?
dammm 13 years
@@griffRL31 14 years
@@DefenderOfChrist_ 16 years
@@TheSneakySnitch correct
Nice to learn a liitle bit about Halloween history.
Halloween is my birthday
as an Irish person the way he pronounced “Samhain” the first time made me cringe so bad😂
Happy Halloween!
they still do this stuff in Ireland at Halloween
hollow1
We dont
I do ( I'm Irish)
We don't maybe apple bobbin and bonfires but not stealing peoples gates
Fianna lol you’re probably some culchy in an irrelevant county
Watching this in 2021 🥴
Not the full story
Yep
17 years ago!!!❤
amazingly!
that cool your birthday's on Halloween. Mine is the first of August so it and Halloween always fall on the same day of the week which is somewhat good but not as good as yours!
Lol your comment is 13 years old.
U made a very good point and I am proud of you.
After 13 years this video come in recomendation😂😂
who else in school right now
Merry Christmas 🎄
Very informative video!
published on my bday
I think I’m the only one here trying to convince my parents holloween isn’t evil
I'm talking notes to bombard them when I see them today when I dress up right before they give me the speech
My parents are extremely religious, and have never celebrated Halloween. This is my last year being a child and I have never gone trick or treating, nor will I be able to :( I can't even give out candy :(((
@@meepcity48 Trust me, it's for the best. Halloween is the most dangerous day of the year.
Who's watching this On Halloween night 2018? 😂
so this is really how it started
U still alive?
All the best holidays involve candy/presents.
David Skal is an excellent author. I have several of his books on classic horror films. The Monster Show is an exceptionally good one.
Hi
Watching this in 2020 Halloween 🙏🏻🤗 🎃
im so confused on the origins of halloween now. ive been told like 5 different versions
Hello
This is the real one
halloween is a beautiful holiday....i love the history....it's my favorite hoiday
I’ll be back in five years
Jeremy Wilson Well let's see if you actually return
Smell my toes
Nice bro
well it’s been 1
MS. K. WHEN I CATCH YOU MS. K . MS. K WHEN I CATCH YOU MS K-
Pagan roots will ALWAYS stand the test time of time...and religious opression....... long live the incas celts mayans etc keep THE ROOTS ALIVE!!
Oliver John alright then... we will sacrifice you for halloween then
long live pre-Abrahamic religions
God is One. The Only Absolute Ruler in the universe... spirits, statue, pictures, pagans ritual are only cultural heritage. it doesn't give you any answer and lead you to nowhere.
All Hallows Eve 🔪🎃
I love Halloween
This comment is literally my age 💀😳
@@avacado22115 years!!!
I've looked at Halloween as a fun time not worshiping any thing 😂
Sämsta jag sett i hela mitt liv.
Interesting stuff about Halloween.
I LOVE HALLOWEEN.
Halloween is the best
No one talks like this in the real world.
Hallo! Although this is unrelated to the topic of your comment, (Biblical) God loves you, and He died for you as Jesus Christ! Please watch this, and please turn entirely to Him while you still can, Have a good day!
Am from India and now am feeling so sad bcz we won't celebrate Halloween 🥺🥺🥺
Ya🥺, but it's alright we have lots of festivals that the western country don't have. Diwali is coming... Wishing you a very very happy Diwali☺️
Halloween is a creepy festival..