Am I the only one that hates halloween?

[Wildsky]

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Tooooo dang cute!

 

[rocktheflock]

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Do you celebrate Christmas or Easter?

Because those holidays are also rooted in Pagan traditions!

Read up on Yule and Oestara.

Oh and Pagans don't believe in satan at all. Just in case anybody had that idea.

My family and I always used to do Halloween, Christmas, and Easter, but we started reading up on the roots of those holidays, and what it is that God says to celebrate. We now only do Easter and Christmas with our extended family who celebrate them. We do that out of respect for them because they don't really understand our choices in this matter. And we observe the Biblical holidays at home. Personally, I love the Biblical (moedim - God's appointed times) holidays (Passover, Day of Atonement, Sukkot) and Jewish traditional holidays (Hanukkah and Purim) much better than Christmas, etc. To me they are much more interesting, have more history, are so much closer to God, and are less commercialized.

I am not being judgmental of anybody else's decisions of what holidays they celebrate, this is just my and my family's conviction.

 

[Blackbird]

I LOVE Halloween, favorite holiday. I never got to go trick or treating that often that I can remember, and way out in the country no trick of treaters would come anyway. So it was always about more than that. And since it is more of a spiritual holiday for me, its all good.

I say don't hate the game, hate the players, if you have a problem with the candy aspect.

I hate the present aspect of Yule, but I don't hate Yule.

 

[Tonopah Pati]

I love it. Control the amount of candy they eat. Have a party at your house if you don't want them trick or treating at a strangers house. Only take them to the people that you know. So many things have been ruined for the kids. So Sad!

 

[wombat]

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Do you celebrate Christmas or Easter?

Because those holidays are also rooted in Pagan traditions!

Read up on Yule and Oestara.

Oh and Pagans don't believe in satan at all. Just in case anybody had that idea.

My family and I always used to do Halloween, Christmas, and Easter, but we started reading up on the roots of those holidays, and what it is that God says to celebrate. We now only do Easter and Christmas with our extended family who celebrate them. We do that out of respect for them because they don't really understand our choices in this matter. And we observe the Biblical holidays at home. Personally, I love the Biblical (moedim - God's appointed times) holidays (Passover, Day of Atonement, Sukkot) and Jewish traditional holidays (Hanukkah and Purim) much better than Christmas, etc. To me they are much more interesting, have more history, are so much closer to God, and are less commercialized.

I am not being judgmental of anybody else's decisions of what holidays they celebrate, this is just my and my family's conviction.

I can relate. We celebrate the pagan holidays for the same reason; out of respect for tradition, and because most have not been commercialized.

One of the reasons that I'm happy with my children's school is that we live in a very culturally diverse area, so there is discussion even in elementary school of all the world's traditions and celebrations. Our kids aren't the strange ones for showing up at school knowing what Samhain and Yule and such are.

 

[rainplace]

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My family and I always used to do Halloween, Christmas, and Easter, but we started reading up on the roots of those holidays, and what it is that God says to celebrate. We now only do Easter and Christmas with our extended family who celebrate them. We do that out of respect for them because they don't really understand our choices in this matter. And we observe the Biblical holidays at home. Personally, I love the Biblical (moedim - God's appointed times) holidays (Passover, Day of Atonement, Sukkot) and Jewish traditional holidays (Hanukkah and Purim) much better than Christmas, etc. To me they are much more interesting, have more history, are so much closer to God, and are less commercialized.

I am not being judgmental of anybody else's decisions of what holidays they celebrate, this is just my and my family's conviction.

I can relate. We celebrate the pagan holidays for the same reason; out of respect for tradition, and because most have not been commercialized.

I love both of these posts.

 

[GrayDragon]

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If I want my kid to be receiving, I suppose that means I best be among those giving.


No trick or treaters for us though, we are too far from the beaten path. I did have a couple full size candy bars on hand though, just in case. Figured if a kid does make the trek all the way out here, they deserve something good for their troubles.


Back when I lived somewhere that had a lot of treaters, I kept a bag of the 'sugar free' stuff my diabetic grandmother loved, and kept some fruit on hand as well.

 

[RockyToggRanch]

My kids are all grown, but i still keep a bowl of candy (the kind DH likes) just in case we get visitors. Just one of the perks of living in the "boondocks"

 

[1acrefarm]

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Actually, the original Halloween did involve leaving out treats to appease wandering spirits. Children going about dressed as goblins and getting treats came out of that tradition. In early Halloween celebrations, communities would light bonfires, and young men would dress in white robes and wear masks to play the part of "spirits." Halloween is at least a 3000 year old tradition handed down from Celtic peoples.

There are so many different schools of thought on the originations of Halloween and Samhain. I guess the best thing for someone to do is just follow their heart. It is a shame so much of the original literature from pagan religions was destroyed or burned.

 

[sundance]

I don't do Halloween, either, for very specific reasons.one time of the year I'm glad we don't have neighbors. marrie


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