Christian and non-Christian celebrations around the globe are manipulated by "Commercial" purpose or other hidden agenda such as expanding power and wealth. This is more evident during ancient days retrospectively tracing back to ancient history as more people believed in all kinds of divine powers before modern civilization. Also, understanding the spiritual conflicts among different faith such as Christianity between Protestant and Catholics, Judaism, and Muslim for example.
Martin Luther is the father of Protestants, and there is no celebrative day set for him, but we have Halloween which is the day when Martin Luther nailed 95 Theses on 10/31/1517. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther
Roman Catholic declared All Saints Day. Without going into much details, there is hidden animosity among high ranking church positions (such as Pope, Cardinals, and Jesuits) between Protestant and Catholic rooted in Martin Luther, even though I am not sure how much it is real as of today. Given the history surrounding the Martin Luther 95 Thesis and the origin of the name, Halloween, it is evident that the spiritual conflict is still exists today. Note the date when Halloween is celebrated. It is after the Martin Luther 95 Thesis on 10/31/1517.
The word Halloween is first attested in the 16th century and represents a Scottish variant of the fuller All-Hallows-Even ("evening"), that is, the night before All Hallows Day. Up through the early 20th century, the spelling "Hallowe'en" was frequently used, eliding the "v" and shortening the word. Although the phrase All Hallows is found in Old English (ealra hālgena mæssedæg, mass-day of all saints), All-Hallows-Evenis itself not attested until 1556.
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