Samhain were also a big part of the festival and often involved nuts and apples. In the late 19th century, Sir John Rhys and Sir James Frazer suggested that it was the "Celtic New Year", and this view has been repeated by some other scholars. In the 9th century AD, the Western Christian church shifted the date of All Saints' Day to 1 November, while 2 November later became All Souls' Day. Over time, Samhain and All Saints'/All Souls' merged to create the modern Halloween. Historians have used the name 'Samhain' to refer to Gaelic 'Halloween' customs up until the 19th
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