Halloween arrived in its near-modern form in the 1840s when Irish immigrants arrived in the United States to escape the Irish Potato Famine. Many believe that Halloween originated with the Celts, who lived two centuries ago in the areas now known as Ireland, England and northern France. On Oct. 31, they celebrated the festival of Samhain (pronounced SAH-win) to mark the end of summer before the new year started on November 1.

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Also explained why I never had a driver time out when I first finished the build and benchmarking; I had overlay enabled when I run benchmarks. Halloween, observed each year on October 31, is a holiday known for costumes, trick-or-treating, and carved pumpkins. Its origins go back to ancient Celtic festivals and Christian traditions that marked the transition from autumn to winter and honored the spirits of the dead.

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Halloween is a holiday that marks the day before the Western Christian feast of All Saints, or All Hallows, and initiates the season of Allhallowtide. In much of Europe and North America, celebration of Halloween is largely nonreligious. We are 100% in favor of critical and constructive posts and comments as long as they are not aimed towards a specific person.

In the 7th century ce Pope Boniface IV established All Saints’ Day, originally on May 13, and in the following century, perhaps in an effort to supplant the pagan holiday with a Christian observance, it was moved to November 1. The evening before All Saints’ Day became a holy, or hallowed, eve, from which the word “Halloween” evolved. By the end of the Middle Ages, the secular and the sacred days had merged. The Reformation essentially put an end to the religious holiday among Protestants, although in Britain especially Halloween continued to be celebrated as a secular holiday. Along with other festivities, the celebration of Halloween was largely forbidden among the early American colonists, although in the 1800s there developed festivals that marked the harvest and incorporated elements of Halloween. After maybe 40 hours of gaming, never had a driver timeout.

• Halloween is celebrated with pranks, parties, costumes, and trick-or-treating.
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• Next year, in 2026, Halloween will be on a Saturday, which is scary good news.
• However, it seems to have developed mostly from Christian feasts of the dead from later in the Middle Ages, including All Saints’ Day on November 1 and All Souls’ Day on November 2.
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When she’s not writing, you can find her shopping flea markets and exploring local trails with 25 dollars an hour is how much a year her husband and corgi, Dolly. Once the Romans conquered areas of the Celts, they began to borrow some of the Samhain traditions like bobbing for apples. The holiday continued to live on in various forms through Christian cultures. Halloween has a long and interesting history that’s as full of spirit and intrigue as the holiday itself.

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The Celts believed that the boundary between the living and the spirit world grew thin on Halloween night. To ward off wandering souls, people lit bonfires and wore masks to disguise themselves. When Christianity began to influence Celtic lands, these ancient beliefs about connecting with the dead gradually came together with Christian traditions. As for the impact the holiday has on the economy, Halloween is big business.

In much of Europe and most of North America, observance of Halloween is largely nonreligious, celebrated with parties, spooky costumes, jack-o’-lanterns, pumpkin carvings, and the giving of candy. After many days of googling and trying many many different fix to no avail, I finally noticed something… When I have the metrics overlay enabled (the thing that shows fps, temp etc), driver timeout never happens. European immigrants to the United States in the 19th century brought Halloween customs with them and helped popularize the holiday. By the 1950s, trick-or-treating for candy had become one of Halloween’s most popular activities, and Halloween is today one of the biggest holidays for candy sales in the U.S.

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Halloween also referred to as Allhalloween, All Hallows’ Eve, or All Saints’ Eve is celebrated yearly on October 31, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows’ Day or more commonly known as All Saints’ Day. Halloween day is in celebration and remembrance of the dead. All content (picks/analysis/stats/trends/insights/etc.) must be included on Reddit. You are allowed to plug your donation link at the end of that content. If an account is only posting low quality content with advertising/self promotion and is not participating in other ways, that account may be warned or suspended at mod discretion. Today, modern celebrations are centered on fun, community, and a touch of fright.

But here’s where the haunts of Halloween come into play. The Celts believed that on the night before the new year, ghosts had the ability to return to the earth. As a result, they wore costumes to ward off evil spirits, made bonfires and tried to predict the future through fortune-telling. Halloween, a holiday observed on October 31 and noted for its pagan and religious roots and secular traditions.