Guest Posted November 4, 2015 Report Posted November 4, 2015 Halloween ... comes across like Mardi Gras ... I think you're giving Mardi Gras too big a pass. But I hear what you're saying. Quote
Blackmarch Posted November 4, 2015 Report Posted November 4, 2015 (edited) I hear this. I remember a Sunday School teacher telling us that if you take the first n in Santa and put it at the end, you get Satan! I look back and think about how profound that was...n't. Still, Halloween is a very different vibe from the complaints about commercializing Christmas or the over-abundance of rabbits and chicken embryos at Easter. Just sayin'. christmas and easter focus directly on christ, hence I would guess they would be the ones recieving the most perversion in and from the world.One of the individuals I have quite a bit of admiration for so far is the person that become the legend of santa claus. Edited November 4, 2015 by Blackmarch Quote
Bini Posted November 4, 2015 Report Posted November 4, 2015 Halloween is just another holiday to us. We don't do anything dark or scary and mainly because we have a 4-year old. Our goal is to simply make memories as a family, enjoyable ones, so we make homemade treats and plan fun costumes. Everything remains lighthearted. Now, if it were just me and my husband, we'd be looking for the best rated haunted houses and renting the scariest horror films we could get our hands on. It's been a long time since we've done any of that but it was fun when we did. Blackmarch 1 Quote
prisonchaplain Posted November 4, 2015 Author Report Posted November 4, 2015 Now, if it were just me and my husband, we'd be looking for the best rated haunted houses and renting the scariest horror films we could get our hands on. It's been a long time since we've done any of that but it was fun when we did. So, I take it you don't watch MSNBC too much... Quote
Bini Posted November 4, 2015 Report Posted November 4, 2015 So, I take it you don't watch MSNBC too much... Never! Quote
lonetree Posted November 5, 2015 Report Posted November 5, 2015 (edited) Halloween, in my book, is a family holiday that should be centered on family. Therefore, I call it good. Do others utilize it for evil? Sure. They also get drunk at Christmas.Absolutely, and further complicating things, I suspect that there is no longer a consensus about either what Halloween or the family is, as there may have been in North America in the 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s. Edited November 5, 2015 by lonetree Quote
blueskye Posted November 12, 2015 Report Posted November 12, 2015 Halloween has fizzled out in our neighborhood. We had two kids at our door. I'm thinking next year, we're going to keep our front porch light turned off and enjoy a quiet evening. Quote
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