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Podcast: NTEB BIBLE RADIO: Rightly Dividing
Episode: NTEB BIBLE STUDY: Christians and the True Origins of Halloween
Description: The founding fathers of America refused to permit Halloween to be observed because they knew it was a pagan holiday. Halloween was not widely celebrated in the U.S. until about 1900. In the 1840’s there was a terrible potato famine in Ireland which sent thousands of Catholic Irish to America. They brought Halloween with them. The modern custom of going from door to door asking for food and candy goes back to the time of the Druids. They believed that sinful, lost souls were released upon the earth by Samhain for one night on October 31st while they awaited their ju...