All Hallows Eve: Doing it right!
Oct 28, 2016 at 1:37 am
A few years back a reader sent:
Given that Halloween is a contraction of All Hallows Eve, and given that “hallows” are “saints”, and given that All Hallows Eve means, therefore, the Eve of the Feast of All Saints, it seems right that children (and others) might dress as saints for their Halloween rather than, you know, awful things. That doesn’t mean that only saints are allowed, but… it’s All Saints Eve, for crying out loud.
This image stirred spirited comments the last time.
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