Samhain step from guising to playing pranks". Playing pranks at Samhain is recorded in the Scottish Highlands as far back as 1736 and was also common in Ireland, which led to Samhain being nicknamed "Mischief Night" in some parts. Wearing costumes at Halloween spread to England in the 20th century, as did the custom of playing pranks, though there had been mumming at other festivals. At the time of mass transatlantic Irish and Scottish immigration, which popularised Halloween in North America, Halloween in Ireland and Scotland had a strong tradition of guising and pranks. Trick-or-treating may have come from the custom
The Pagan Christ the Golden Camera Award for best documentary at the U.S. International Film and Video Festival in Redondo Beach, California. "The Pagan Christ" joins a list of documentaries with sensational claims against orthodox Christianity that have originally aired before either Christmas or Easter, that includes "Bible Secrets Revealed" (November to December, 2013) and "The Lost Tomb of Christ" (March, 2007). In a 2004 article entitled "The Leading Religion Writer in Canada ... Does He Know What He's Talking About?", Vancouver-based pastor W. Ward Gasque strongly critiques "The Pagan Christ," claiming the "evidence for Jesus as a historical personage is incontrovertible." He