Here is a link to my blog posting that KiltedCodeWarrior mentioned:
http://blog.albanach.org/2006/04/why...or-easter.html

The context there is wearing the kilt to Mass on Easter, but the same basic principles apply. It explains why I, as a Catholic, do not make a habit of wearing a kilt to Mass (and why there are certain exceptions, such as Weddings).

Oh, and Cirthalion, Catholics certainly celebrate All Saints Day as well! Where do you think Anglicans got it from? :-)

For those curious about the history and meaning behind All Saints Day, here is an excerpt from an article I wrote on the origins of Halloween:
All Saints Day, celebrated on November 1st, is the day set aside in the Catholic Church to recognize all of the saints and martyrs, known and unknown. Christians have been honoring the martyrs of the faith since the earliest times by celebrating a feast day in their name, usually on the anniversary of their martyrdom. Many Christians were martyred together, and so of course some martyrs shared a common feast day. As the number of Christian martyrs increased, especially under the reign of Diocletian, it became impossible to have a separate day to honor each of them. And as other, non-martyred Christians were recognized as saints and honored with their own feast day, the calendar soon was overflowing!

The Church felt that each saint and martyr should be venerated, and so to avoid any deficiency, appointed a common day for all. The earliest such celebration was observed in Antioch on the Sunday after Pentecost. Other places observed such a day at different times during the year from as early as the fourth century. The November 1 date was first established in the West by Gregory III (731-741), who consecrated a chapel in St. Peter’s Basilica to all the saints, and fixed an anniversary celebration on that date. Pope Gregory IV (827-844) extended this November 1 celebration to the entire Church.
The vigil for the feast was celebrated pretty much from the beginning. A Vigil Mass is a Mass celebrated on the evening before a feast day, both in anticipation of that feast, and also because the Church traditionally has reckoned the beginning of a day to be at sunset of the day previous.

An archaic name for All Saints Day is All Hallows Day (Hallowed = Holy = Sanctified, as in the Lord's Prayer, "Hallowed be thy name...."). The vigil for All Hallows Day is called All Hallows Eve. All Hallows Eve is shortened to Hallows Eve, to Hallowe'en.

Also FYI, in addition to All Saints Day on November 1, when we reverence all the holy departed, we also have All Souls Day on November 2, when we remember and pray for all the deceased (sanctified or not).

A lot of Catholic Churches, our parish included, will keep a "book of the dead" in the church during the whole month of November, where parishioners can enter the names of their departed loved ones, who are then remembered in the prayers of the church for the entire month.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled kilt discussion....