Halloween screensavers were developed in 1990, a year after the growth of customary screensavers, to prevent phosphor burn in of the screen from unswerving images on a computer screen. The Roman Catholic Church would make November 1st a church holiday to honor all the saints in the year 835 AD. The first screensaver was known as "flying toaster" and was produced by Dr. Jack Eastman. The very first holiday screensaver was made - the "flying pumpkin" in the following year. The next authority came with the spread of the new Christian religion whole of Europe and Britain. This day was called as All Saint's Day, or Hallowmas, or All Hallows.

Every year on November 1st, the Celts celebrated New Year with a festival and marked the end of the season of the sun and this particular November 1st festival was called Samhain and it last for three days continuously. Many people would parade in Halloween costumes that have been made from the skins and heads of their animals. This Halloween festival became the first Halloween celebration and some of you might be speculating about the Halloween holiday that your animated Halloween screensaver is based on. During the holiday of Halloween, more than 250,000 people personalize their office with a Halloween screensaver wallpaper program nationwide.

On October 31st after the crops were yielded and stored for the long winter, the cooking fires in homes would be extinguished. The Druids, the Celtic priests, would meet in the hilltop in the sacred oak forest and the Druids would light new fires and present sacrifices of crops and animals as well. The season of the sun passed as well as the season of darkness would begin as they danced around the fires. It's amazing to think about how far Halloween screen savers have developed.

Later on, the Church would make November 2nd a holy day. It was called All Souls Day and it was celebrated to honor the dead and was celebrated with big bonfires, parades, and people dressing up as saints, angels and devils. On the eve of All Hallows, Oct. 31, people continued to rejoice the festivals of Samhain and Pomona Day. Over the years, customs from all these holidays mixed. October 31st became known as All Hallow Even, eventually All Hallow's Eve, Hallowe'en, and then - Halloween. It’s no surprise that big money is also spent on Halloween since 250,000 people celebrate the holiday by putting up a Halloween desktop screensaver.

Only in 2005, an estimated 3.12 billion was spent on Halloween. 50 dollars is a lot to spend on Halloween candy and Halloween decorations for one day, so it's a nice reprieve to know that you can download a free Halloween desktop theme from screensavers.com, home to one of the largest Halloween theme collections in the world. Halloween party is just around the corner, so embellish your house for October 31st, and decorate your PC with Halloween desktop wallpaper as well. With so much mystery and arcane rituals surrounding the Halloween, it's no wonder that we can offer a great set of Halloween scary screensaver options for you to download right away!

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