Halloween Day 2020

When is Halloween Day 2020?

Halloween 2020 is on Saturday, October 31, 2020.

What's Halloween?

Carved pumpkins on Halloween
Halloween is a celebration in remembrance of the deceased that happens annually on the day of October 31. The title Halloween, occasionally spelled Hallowe'en, is a contraction of All Hallows' Even(ing), meaning All Saints' Evening, since it's celebrated on the day before All Saints' Day, also referred to as All Hallows' Day. Saints have been called hallows, based on the Old English phrase hālig and associated with the German phrase heilig, meaning sacred.

Halloween is a combination of traditions of pagan and Christian roots. It started from an early Celtic seasonal festival to indicate the conclusion of the harvest and also to recall the dead (called Samhain) which is celebrated from sunset on October 31 to sunset on November 1.

While not a formal holiday, Halloween is seen in several nations around the world, mostly from the West (North America and Europe) but also increasingly in Asian nations, as it supplies commercial opportunities. In the USA, it's anticipated to be the festival together with a second-highest quantity of consumer spending following Christmas.

Halloween is followed by All Saints' Day (for that it's actually the vigil) on November 1 and All Souls' Day on November 2. Together the 3 days of remembrance of the deceased form that the triduum (a spiritual observance lasting three times ) of Hallowtide. Individuals traditionally go to the graves of deceased loved ones in this time period. It's related to this Mexican vacation Day of the Dead.

When is Halloween 2021?

Halloween 2021 is on Sunday, October 31, 2021.