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I think the largely commercialized Halloween is stupid. However, kids going out to get candy and dressing up for a day, whats not fun about that?
I know a lot of people get upset with it because its a celtic holiday, dealing with the devil and other bad things. But honestly, Christmas has roots in the same traditions as Halloween. Christians just changed the meanings of some of the winters solstice celebration to fit their religious needs.
That is why I don't like it (and the same reason I don't like Christmas). I could care less about the religious aspect.
I love this idea! What a creative mom you are! Another good idea is to use grape drink (or mix orange juice and grape juice together to get a really ugly color) and put inside rubber gloves (make sure they are not the kind with powder inside, lol) and freeze them to make "hands" that you can float in a punch bowl.
I am so doing it. Thanks. Your a really dang creative mom yourself.
I think the largely commercialized Halloween is stupid. However, kids going out to get candy and dressing up for a day, whats not fun about that?
I know a lot of people get upset with it because its a celtic holiday, dealing with the devil and other bad things. But honestly, Christmas has roots in the same traditions as Halloween. Christians just changed the meanings of some of the winters solstice celebration to fit their religious needs.
I know people like that, and I don't get it. It's taking something that was once ominous in meaning and turning it into something innocuous. Kids have been dressing up and trick-or-treating for years and we didn't grow up to be devil worshippers or anything because of it. My cynical self says they are just too cheap to buy candy.
My mother's church, which has latched on to this Halloween-is-evil concept in recent years, came up with an alternate party idea. On Halloween they have a Noah's Ark party. The kids come dressed as animals (rather than devils or witches) and they have games and treats. This way they get to have costumes and sweets like everybody else without summoning the forces of darkness.
When I was a kid I was told we dressed up to scare the "evil" away...I love the handing out candy but I hate to be scared-I've seen maybe three scary movies-and I've gone to one haunted house-so in that aspect no I don't like Halloween but I love candy and seeing kids dressed up-so what's wrong with that? If you are going to complain about a STUPID holiday-how about Valentine's day?
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I have a coworker with a Halloween birthday who will be 50 this year.
