Thoughts on Halloween

In the interest of discovering the origins of a celebration before participation, here is some food for thought: Wikipedia.

In addition, here is a quote from the book The Worship of the Dead by Colonel J. Garnier because I couldn't find an electronic copy to link to: "The mythologies of all the ancient nations are interwoven with the events of the Deluge... The force of this arguments is illustrated by the fact of the observance of a great festival of the dead in commemoration of the event, not only by nations more or less in communication with each other, but by other widely separated, both by the ocean and by centuries of time. This festival is, moreover, held by all on or about the very day on which, according to the Mosaic account, the Deluge took plac, viz., the seventeenth day of hte second month -- the month nearly corresponding with our November." Halloween and other Saints days are on the anniversary of the distruction of a world of ungodly people at the Flood.