All Hallows’ Eve

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cultural holiday festival religious observance

All Hallows’ Eve, commonly known as Halloween, is a traditional festival observed on the evening before All Saints’ Day, marked by customs such as costumes, trick-or-treating, and themed celebrations.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
All Hallows’ Eve canonical 4
All Hallows' Eve 1
Samhain 1

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural holiday ⓘ
festival ⓘ
religious observance ⓘ
alsoKnownAs All Hallows Eve NERFINISHED ⓘ
Halloween NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hallowe’en ⓘ
associatedWith Allhallowtide NERFINISHED ⓘ
Christian liturgical year NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithBelief thinning of the veil between living and dead ⓘ
color black ⓘ
orange ⓘ
purple ⓘ
etymology name means “evening of All Hallows (All Saints)” ⓘ
follows All Hallows’ Day eve ⓘ
hasCustom bobbing for apples ⓘ
children going door-to-door for sweets ⓘ
households decorating with spooky themes ⓘ
telling fortunes in some traditions ⓘ
hasHistoricalRootIn Celtic harvest festivals ⓘ
Samhain NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasOriginIn Western Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
observedOn evening before All Saints’ Day ⓘ
occursOn October 31 ⓘ
precedes All Saints’ Day NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedHoliday All Saints’ Day NERFINISHED ⓘ
All Souls’ Day NERFINISHED ⓘ
Day of the Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
season autumn ⓘ
secularizedAs modern Halloween celebrations ⓘ
symbol bat ⓘ
black cat ⓘ
ghost ⓘ
jack-o’-lantern ⓘ
pumpkin ⓘ
skeleton ⓘ
skull ⓘ
spider ⓘ
witch ⓘ
theme death ⓘ
harvest ⓘ
remembrance of the dead ⓘ
the supernatural ⓘ
timeOfDay evening ⓘ
typicalActivity attending church services ⓘ
attending costume parties ⓘ
carving jack-o’-lanterns ⓘ
lighting bonfires ⓘ
lighting candles on graves ⓘ
playing pranks ⓘ
telling scary stories ⓘ
trick-or-treating ⓘ
visiting haunted attractions ⓘ
watching horror films ⓘ
wearing costumes ⓘ
widelyObservedIn Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
many other countries ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

All Saints’ Day → precededBy → All Hallows’ Eve ⓘ
Misfits → associatedAct → All Hallows’ Eve ⓘ
this entity surface form: Samhain
Inklings → associatedWork → All Hallows’ Eve ⓘ
this entity surface form: All Hallows' Eve
Celtic festival Samhain → relatedTo → All Hallows’ Eve ⓘ
subject surface form: Samhain
Allhallowtide → hasPart → All Hallows’ Eve ⓘ
Allhallowtide → associatedWith → All Hallows’ Eve ⓘ