Halloween
(All Hallows Eve). The name given to October 31, the eve of the festival of All Saints Day, a Roman Catholic day (November 1). How there came to be a feast of all the saints on November 1 is not known, but its observance seems to date back to the eighth century. The pagan festival of Halloween originated with the pre-Christian Druids of Gaul and Britain. The Druids believed that on this night ghosts and witches were most likely to wander about. The lighting of bonfires and feasting on Halloween also date back to Druid activities. Pagan peoples of western Europe also believed that their god (called the Devil by Christian observers) became incarnate in human or animal form (in Britain the bull, the dog, and the cat). Gradually, Druid practices were merged with the Roman Catholic fall festival in honor of the goddess Pomona and the Christian feast day. In other words, Halloween is pagan from the start to the end!
It is easy to see why no Christian would have anything to do with this Pagan holiday.