Halloween And Christianity

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life spans were greatly shortened because of the plague,
Catholics began to focus on the after life. The number of Masses help largely
increased and people of all social classes gathered to dress in different
garments and lead lost spirits to the tomb in a daisy chain which became known
as the "Dance of Death".
Dressing up did not become part of Halloween until the creation of the
British colonies in North America. During that period of time, Catholics had no
legal rights in England. At times English Catholics attempted to resist. One
such occasion was a plot to destroy King James I and his Parliament with
gunpowder. The plan was ill-conceived and easily foiled when the guard of the
powder, Guy Fawkes, was found and hung on November 5, 1605. The date became
widely celebrated in England. Bands of revelers began to wear masks on that date
and visited local Catholics during the night demanding beer and cakes for their
celebration. This is the root of what has become known as ...

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