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October 19, 2004

Halloween -- a question

Without a doubt, Halloween is my favorite holiday next to Christmas. I've loved it as a kid, I love it as an adult. It is one of those holidays America has made it's own.

Now for some, such as parochial schools and some fundamentalist Christians, Halloween is to be shunned or replaced by "Harvest Festivals." My oldest three girls attended a religious private school from K-3 (they offered far superior academics than my local public school) and I recall the fliers regarding the Harvest Festival. It was run almost like Halloween, but no "scary" costumes were allowed.

Didn't bother us much, because I still decked out my home with the objective of scaring the deewadiddle out of the trick-or-treaters.

Now these "Halloween" alternatives have been around for as long as I remember. I can certainly recall my own trick-or-treat days and the pinched-faced lady with the beady eyes who dropped religious tracts into our bags about the evils of playing around on Devil's Day.

Pffffft. I had an Oujia Board, too, and I'm here to tell you of all the times I stepped foot into a church or temple my hair didn't spontaneously burst into flame.

This year it seems I've seen a few more than usual articles about the anti-Halloween religiously inclined. Is it because of it falling on a Sunday? Or because it is an election year and one of the candidates gets snickered at because of his faith?

I mean, who cares that a few over-clothed, pinched faced-ladies are wringing their hands over the "offense" of Halloween on Sunday?

Posted by Darleen at October 19, 2004 12:33 PM

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Posted by: song_and_dance_man at October 19, 2004 01:52 PM

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Cool link! I printed both the Bush face and the Vote Bush patterns. We do 3 or 4 pumpkins anyway, so this is going to be fun!

:-)

I'll let you know how the pumpkins survive the night

;-)

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