Fragile Bird Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 We may have talked about this last year, because every Halloween some self-righteous religious community somewhere wants to ban Halloween because of it's associations with the devil. Or something. I'm just throwing the question out again because, once again, I'll be on my doorstep tomorrow night handing out candy to any munchkin that comes along (and some that are too old to go trick or treating imo) while my brother and sister-in-law go out to dinner for a couple of hours so they don't have to, and then when they return shut off all the lights in the house and pull the curtains shut to sit and watch television. I'll have a pumpkin on the doorstep and lots of candles in jars and owl shaped tea light holders in the windows of the porch. I don't think my brother has a problem with it, but my sister-in-law is a Catholic from some medieval period, I think, and when I asked her about Halloween the other day she got so angry and incoherent I dropped the topic so she wouldn't get apoplectic. What's your opinion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mlle. Zabzie Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Whatever religious significance it ever had was lost long, long ago. I think it's charming to see all the children dressed up. We will be celebrating :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueMetis Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Does she celebrate Christmas? Cause if she does she a damn hypocrite and it's hard to take people like that seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlefingers In The Air Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Evil? How can the holiday where parents dress their kids up in cute costumes and take them for candy and that is probably the second easiest holiday to get laid on, how can they possibly be evil? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Well, of course Halloween as normally practiced in North America is not an "evil" holiday. Though I do think like it's getting more commercially overdone every year, like Christmas (This seems like an odd place to ask such a question. I seriously doubt if there would be more than a small handful of people who regularly read the General Chatter board who have any big problems with modern Halloween.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
north of the wall Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Ok so as an Aussie I probably have no clue about Halloween. BUT as far as I know it originated in Scotland (?correct me if I'm wrong) and people dressed up as ghosts and stuff to scare away the evil spirits. So theoretically I would have thought it was the opposite of an evil holiday. Growing up we never celebrated it and I think we only had one person ever knock on our door for trick or treating. However it became an excuse for drunken dress up parties when I was older (my fav kind of party!) and now my kids are getting dress up days and Halloween cookies at school. I had to explain halloween to my 93 year old grandmother the other day. That was funny. I'm expecting some door knocking this year since kids are starting to do it at school now. Maybe I should go buy some lollies, although it is not the Autumn solstice (that's what all hollows eve is isn't it?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fragile Bird Posted October 30, 2014 Author Share Posted October 30, 2014 I think, Ormond, it's because my SiL has never come out so clearly about why they don't hand out candy. They used to, years ago, but haven't in at least 10 years. Perhaps my question should be, can you understand that point of view? I can't. True Metis, of course, Christmas is is huge for her, why would that be a contradiction? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueMetis Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 I think, Ormond, it's because my SiL has never come out so clearly about why they don't hand out candy. They used to, years ago, but haven't in at least 10 years. Perhaps my question should be, can you understand that point of view? I can't. True Metis, of course, Christmas is is huge for her, why would that be a contradiction? Christmas is hugely paganistic. For quite a while Christians actually campaigned against it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horza Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Yes, it is evil and a lie, as this story will reveal.His impressionable young mind firmly under the influence of global American cultural hegemony (specifically, the Simpsons), a world-historic trend seemingly ratified by the recent fall of the Berlin wall, Young Horza firmly set out to go trick or treating on a hot October afternoon. That this particular evening was one where small children in shoddy costumes were to be given sugared confections merely for the asking was news to his working-class Greek and Lebanese suburb, and it was only with much cajoling and explanation that those whose doors he knocked on were willing to part with any household comestibles at all. Deflated, our heroic protagonist returned with an apple and half a pack of plain digestive biscuits and a new enemy: Halloween. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlefingers In The Air Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 We need an Ordos "how I exposed Halloween as evil" thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theda Baratheon Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 HALLOWEEN IS THE GOTH'S FAVOURITE HOLIDAY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karaddin Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 If it's evil it's in it's hyper-consumerist glorification of capitalism, the same as basically all the holidays now. Nothing to do with the devil :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fragile Bird Posted October 30, 2014 Author Share Posted October 30, 2014 Yes, it is evil and a lie, as this story will reveal.His impressionable young mind firmly under the influence of global American cultural hegemony (specifically, the Simpsons), a world-historic trend seemingly ratified by the recent fall of the Berlin wall, Young Horza firmly set out to go trick or treating on a hot October afternoon. That this particular evening was one where small children in shoddy costumes were to be given sugared confections merely for the asking was news to his working-class Greek and Lebanese suburb, and it was only with much cajoling and explanation that those whose doors he knocked on were willing to part with any household comestibles at all. Deflated, our heroic protagonist returned with an apple and half a pack of plain digestive biscuits and a new enemy: Halloween. I am very fond of the Australians on this Board. <3 <3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Thanks so much, Horza! That's the best laugh I've had from a post on this board in quite a while. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerraPrime Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 It is evil, because it over-emphasizes the consumption of sugar. John Oliver has a piece on this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MepXBJjsNxs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
all swedes are racist Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Yes, it is evil and a lie, as this story will reveal.His impressionable young mind firmly under the influence of global American cultural hegemony (specifically, the Simpsons), a world-historic trend seemingly ratified by the recent fall of the Berlin wall, Young Horza firmly set out to go trick or treating on a hot October afternoon. That this particular evening was one where small children in shoddy costumes were to be given sugared confections merely for the asking was news to his working-class Greek and Lebanese suburb, and it was only with much cajoling and explanation that those whose doors he knocked on were willing to part with any household comestibles at all. Deflated, our heroic protagonist returned with an apple and half a pack of plain digestive biscuits and a new enemy: Halloween.Ahahah that is fantastic. Top notch.Eta: oh ya, hail satan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry of the Lawn Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 It's not just about capitalism, it's the official holiday of dentists everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recovering forum addict Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Satanists have one single holiday, and she gets upset about it? That's evil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch-MaesterPhilip Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 My father is at seven am mass every morning and Halloween is his favorite holiday. If he doesn't think it is evil it probably isn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GallowKnight Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Evil? How can the holiday where parents dress their kids up in cute costumes and take them for candy and that is probably the second easiest holiday to get laid on, how can they possibly be evil? Wait, what's the easiest holiday, New Years Eve? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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