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Stupidity by a minority who shouldn't be working in schools or teaching children.
Halloween is the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows' Day.
It begins the three-day observance of Allhallowtide, the time in the liturgical year dedicated to remembering the dead, including saints (hallows), martyrs, and all the faithful departed.
It is widely believed that many Halloween traditions originated from ancient Celtic harvest festivals, particularly the Gaelic festival Samhain.
The Hindhu's can celebrate Diwali on the 7th November, which is there Festival of Light, and I would be more than happy to enjoy their fireworls and celebrations, whilst in Britain we celebrate Guy Fawkers on the 5th November, by burning effigies of Guy Fawkes on bonfires and putting on firework displays. Fawwkes and his conspirators tried to blow up the English Parliament in 1605, in what became known as the Gun Powder plot.
Americans and Canadians also have Thanksgiving, which ois basically harvest festival, a good holiday thoiugh, lots of nice food and you gather round with family.
There is nothing wrong with people celebrating or enjoying themselves, and schools need to concentrate on actual proper education rather than dictating nonsense or become arbiters of what we can and can't celebrate.
How are schools becoming arbiters of what can or cannot be celebrated after the school day lets out? Why exactly does Halloween belong in a "proper" (as you put it) school curriculum? In my neighborhood, Halloween is HUGE, but it happens in the evening after school.
Our grandkid’s public elementary school did not have a Halloween dress up day, instead they had a story time day, which was this past Friday. The kids brought a book to school and dressed up as a character from that book. The emphasis was on reading and having fun with it, not surprising for a school.
Halloween was so wonderful when I was a kid. free candy, lots of friends, a night out in the surrounding neighborhoods after dark! It may still be wonderful in some neighborhoods, but not mine. the majority of people in my neighborhood turn out the lights and don't participate with giving kids candy, including us. there are zero yard decorations for Halloween. sad.
Austin. The further you get from liberal concentrations the better it gets. Here the schools still do things for Halloween, all the businesses in the small towns to trick-or-treating, most houses have some kind of decorations up.
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How are schools becoming arbiters of what can or cannot be celebrated after the school day lets out? Why exactly does Halloween belong in a "proper" (as you put it) school curriculum? In my neighborhood, Halloween is HUGE, but it happens in the evening after school.
Banning something from a school is very different from engaing with youngsters and using such occasions to actively encourage youngsters in areas such as art work, organised events and other creative outlets.
Some towns in the US have now also put bans in place in relation to trick or treating and it poses the question as to where do you draw the line in relation to your own customs and traditions as opposed to those who might feel offended or feel such basic fun should be banned for religious reasons as it offends their fundamentalist beliefs. Banning things because it offends others or on religious grounds is a slippery slope, and I don't believe authorities should be arbiters when it comes to banning or discouraging such cultural traditions.
If Christians don’t want to celebrate Halloween , they don’t have to. Just like anyone else can decide not to partake in any type of celebration that offends them. Banning kids of a certain age from trick or treating, taking Halloween out of schools, telling people to say happy holidays instead of Merry Christmas...it’s ridiculous. People need to stop be offended over every single thing. It’s not the end of the world. Move on.
We had a family in my daughters school who did not partake in any celebrations, but instead of maki g it so others could t enjoy it, they either did t send their child to school that day or had them go to the library to read or do another activity.
Seriously!? By that logic nothing should be celebrated.
This has been going on for years and years and years.
Some of the Christian schools in Georgia tell the kids Halloween is the work of the devil.
We moved to a new neighborhood in 2003. As I decorated my house for Halloween, the little boy across the street came over to say Halloween is for devil worshipers...he was 5 years old.
Eventually his parents caved and allowed the kids to celebrate Halloween a few years later....but were still not allowed to celebrate at school.
I feel sorry for all you folks who don't want kids to have a little fun in their lives. I attended public school - my kids both catholic and private. Halloween parties were thrown in school each and every year in all the schools. Fun time for the kids and an even better time for the adults who could dress up and join the kids in a little fun. TG schools around here still allow the kids to dress up and have parties. Kids grow up way too fast - let them enjoy their childhood - I'm sorry you all missed out on it - may explain some attitudes here.
14,000 +/- school districts in the US are free to include/ exclude Halloween. That the public and private schools I attended in the 60’s- 70’s did not, does not mean all schools did not, no more than your school engaging means all schools did.
Nothing prevents private celebrations or Trick or Treating in most communities.
The US people are expected to spend $9 Billion on costumes, decorations and candy, this year. Does not sound like Halloween is in any danger of becoming obsolete.
"We'll exclude Halloween in order to be more inclusive" - leftist logic
But at the very Christian schools it isn't a leftist policy......it's just a policy.
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