Comments on: All Hallows Eve: Recovering the Tradition http://www.socon.ca/all-hallows-eve-recovering-the-tradition/ Confronting the culture of death Thu, 23 May 2013 20:08:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Dave http://www.socon.ca/all-hallows-eve-recovering-the-tradition/#comment-4201 Dave Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:28:26 +0000 http://www.socon.ca/?p=3774#comment-4201 The celebration of Halloween has a long history of being an occasion for inappropriate and licentious behaviour. So much so in fact that the English government banned its celebration in 1605 and substituted for it on Nov. 5th the celebration of the apprehension and execution of Guy Fawkes, the Catholic would-be terrorist (or if you prefer freedom fighter) who attempted to blow up Parliament.

Evidently, the ban was not popular in the american colonies who continued to celebrate Halloween.

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