LAST EDITED ON Nov-13-17 AT 04:43 PM (EST)
 
>Halloween being a "proper" holiday and being at the end of September
>rather than October would be convenient for the purposes of spacing
>stuff out. That ship has long since sailed, tho.

As it were.

(Also doesn't make a ton of sense, it's called that because it's the day before Hallowmas. I'm an atheist bordering on antitheism and that would still bug me just as a matter of form. :)

I think the British do this kind of thing right; they have a couple of official holidays that are holidays purely because there needs to be one there, without bothering to cast around for something to commemorate. Just call it "Mid-October Holiday" and let's all get on with our lives.

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