syn: Halloween, Hallowe'en, Allhallows Eve

In honor of Half Moon Bay (20 miles south of San Francisco) which is famous for its pumpkin festival and Maverick’s!

Hallowe'en, the evening (October 31) before All Saints' Day, and celebrated in the United States, Canada, and the British Isles.

Nota bene: In the seventh century C.E., the church moved its All Saints' Day, a holiday for honoring early Christian martyrs, from a day in May to November 1, thus associating it with the old Druid death rituals of October 31.

By the tenth century C.E., the Catholic Church had added a new holiday, All Souls' Day (and what we know today as Halloween). This day was set aside to honor all of the dead, not just the early Christian Saints.