> a product of the Protestant Reformation. It's instructive to note the beginning date of the Reformation: 31 October 1517. Likewise, 5 November 1605 remains s

> a product of the Protestant Reformation. It's instructive to note the beginning date of the Reformation: 31 October 1517. Likewise, 5 November 1605 remains significant for Protestants. Bonfires on the 5th of November have been obligatory for centuries, and therefore strongly associated with this season. For Protestants. Protestant bonfires. Not pagan. Burning their fellow Christians in effigy. I would say that those two events, combined with Día de los Muertos influence, are the most enlightening aspects of Halloween culture. In fact, rather than Christians co-opting paganism, it's more properly a case of anti-Catholic bigotry co-opting All Saints Day. The secular/pagan/demonic overtones are merely allied with the Protestant jihad.