The Answers to Short Questions from Our Readers - Plain Truth Staff - October 1969

Plain Truth Staff

Question: "Halloween has always seemed a fantastic holiday devoted to revelry and children's pranks. How did it originate? Halloween - my dictionary says - is a short form of 'All Hallow Even' - a religious occasion." Answer: HALLOWEEN is indeed the strangest holiday of the entire year. Every autumn, on the eve of November 1, children in many lands dress as goblins, or as witches, knock on doors, announce "trick or treat," soap windows of schools and stores.... - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library