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The practice of a festival day to honor the whole communion of Saints, rather than that just a single saint

We had an all school Mass this morning at our parish, and the 5th grade students each dressed as a different saint. In place of the homily, each student came up to the lectern and talked about the saint they were representing. By way of introduction, the first student talked about how individual saints are honored on different days in the liturgical year, but this day was in honor of the whole communion of saints. Then she mentioned that the church has several requirements for someone to become a saint, but God makes it easier for the rest of us; if we try to act in a way that is pleasing to God and we love other people, we can all be included in the communion of saints. When they finished, the pastor told them about when he was their age, he dressed as St. Peter and still remembers how he held the key to the kingdom. He said that in 60 years, he hoped they would be telling their kids about what they remembered from today.