WHAT'S SO HALLOWED ABOUT HALLOWEEN? - Clayton D Steep - October 1979

Clayton D Steep

The name means "hallowed evening." But is it really? Where did it come from? What is it all about? And is it really good for children? Creepy goblins, ghosts and demons, witches on brooms, spiders and bats, dead men's bones, flickering jack-o-lanterns, black cats, eerie costumes and parties. What a weird festival this is! And an increasingly costly and dangerous one too! Each year following this strange celebration, gruesome accounts surface of the giving of booby-trapped "treats" to children: apples with concealed razor blades; candy bars with hidden needles; cookies containing ground glass; bonbons laced with harsh laxatives or spiked with poisons. This is to say nothing of the cases, reported and unreported, of muggings and molestations which occur on the eve of "All Hallows." - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library