Veneration of the dead begging for candy). In Cornwall and Wales, the autumn ancestor festivals occur around Nov. 1. In Cornwall the festival is known as "Kalan Gwav", and in Wales as "Calan Gaeaf." The festivals bear some similarities to the better-known Gaelic festival of Samhain, from which modern Halloween is derived. During "Samhain", November 1 in Ireland and Scotland, the dead are thought to return to the world of the living, and offerings of food and light are left for them. On the festival day, ancient people would extinguish the hearth fires in their homes, participate in a community bonfire festival, and then
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