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Wish everyone a safe Halloween trick or treating tonight and be careful on the streets. :)
 
Happy Halloween to you too! :D Definitely everyone be safe... Never know with some people out there.... :mad:
 
whiskeyonesix said:
And Hapy Beltane for all you Antipodean NeoPagans out there!
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Beltane is in the spring, it is a fertility time.... Halloween for Pagans would be Samhain ( Sow-whin ), it is the day of the dead ............ Just throwin' it out there.... Two very different holidays.....
 
My new work place went all out for Halloween, well, at least those people who wanted to. The area I'm sitting in till my desk is ready (phone, computer, etc) was all decorated when I went in on Monday. I was told there was going to be a pot luck luncheon today with everyone going around to each area to feast.
I'm working from home today because I have a HVAC guy coming to service the furnace, so I'll miss the luncheon, which is ok since I don't eat much anyway.
I guess this ties in with how Halloween is almost as big of a holiday as Christmas.
 
My city set the time kids can go out trick or treating , do other cities and town do the same? I think it stink that my city does this, when I was kid we did not have a curfew set by my town. Kids are really losing their freedom today by Big Brother.
 
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Blessed Samhain to all my friends who celebrate this and Happy Halloween, Blessed All Saints to all.
 
whatdidyousay! said:
My city set the time kids can go out trick or treating , do other cities and town do the same? I think it stink that my city does this, when I was kid we did not have a curfew set by my town. Kids are really losing their freedom today by Big Brother.
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I can't remember when we didn't have a designated day for Trick or Treating (I am considered a Senior Citizen).

Also there have been two parades for many years. A kids one during the day and a very major one at night the last Saturday in October. The night parade has been going on since the 1920's and I am not sure when the kids one started. One year, before the route was changed, a freight train stopped blocking the crossing where the parade was to go across because of problems further along the line. The parade was held up for awhile and then the railroad broke the train and cleared the crossing for the parade to go on.
 
Jane B. said:
I can't remember when we didn't have a designated day for Trick or Treating (I am considered a Senior Citizen).
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She's talking about the TIME not the day, though some places do designate a different day than the 31st. They have a curfew where the kids can only be out trick-or-treating between xx:xx and xx:xx.
 
LoveBlue said:
She's talking about the TIME not the day, though some places do designate a different day than the 31st. They have a curfew where the kids can only be out trick-or-treating between xx:xx and xx:xx.
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I should have taken the time to look up the hours but rather than take the chance of getting them wrong left them out. Sorry
 
LoveBlue said:
She's talking about the TIME not the day, though some places do designate a different day than the 31st. They have a curfew where the kids can only be out trick-or-treating between xx:xx and xx:xx.
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My city also will pick the day kids can go trick-or-treating. If Halloween fall on a Friday or weekend my city will move the day to a week day. A lot of cities are starting to pick the day and time and I personally do not like the city or town telling people what day and time their kids can go out! This is like a police state and the city is saying we know what is best for your kids.
People do not see that they're losing their freedom . I feel people should go ahead and have Halloween on Oct 31 , it's would be impossible arrest a whole town or city .
 
whiskeyonesix said:
And Hapy Beltane for all you Antipodean NeoPagans out there!
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Mewtilation said:
Beltane is in the spring, it is a fertility time.... Halloween for Pagans would be Samhain ( Sow-whin ), it is the day of the dead ............ Just throwin' it out there.... Two very different holidays.....
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Yes, Mewtilation is correct but thanks for telling pagans! :D

By the way, I'm getting a little annoyed at those misinformation that they thought Halloween has Satanic or devil roots. In a case if you believe Halloween is created by Satanism, it's not true at all. Yes, Halloween does have some pagan roots but NOT all of them.

Here's great information: History of Halloween - Halloween History

Traditional activities include trick-or-treating, bonfires, costume parties, visiting "haunted houses" and carving jack-o-lanterns. Irish and Scottish immigrants carried versions of the tradition to North America in the nineteenth century. Other western countries embraced the holiday in the late twentieth century including Ireland, the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom as well as of Australia and New Zealand.

Halloween has its origins in the ancient Celtic festival known as Samhain (pronounced "sah-win"). The festival of Samhain is a celebration of the end of the harvest season in Gaelic culture. Samhain was a time used by the ancient pagans to take stock of supplies and prepare for winter. The ancient Gaels believed that on October 31, the boundaries between the worlds of the living and the dead overlapped and the deceased would come back to life and cause havoc such as sickness or damaged crops.
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My real life plans didn't come together so I stayed home and went trick or treating in Animal Crossing instead :p
 
It's that time of year where quiet and serene neighborhoods are over run with munchkin sized zombie hordes.
 
I bought way too much candy. Last year had over 100 kids. Tonight 30-40 kids.

We have never had any restrictions on Halloween.
 
Angel1989 said:
I bought way too much candy. Last year had over 100 kids. Tonight 30-40 kids.

We have never had any restrictions on Halloween.
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I made 50 gift bags and 20 more allergy free. Also had an extra bag just in case. My friend came over at 7:30... I had her stop for more candy because we had 30 kids come at once! I went through all 50 bags plus one bag... 5 more allergen free bags left, probably didn't need my friends candy though...
 
KarissaMann05 said:
Yes, Mewtilation is correct but thanks for telling pagans! :D

By the way, I'm getting a little annoyed at those misinformation that they thought Halloween has Satanic or devil roots. In a case if you believe Halloween is created by Satanism, it's not true at all. Yes, Halloween does have some pagan roots but NOT all of them.

Here's great information: History of Halloween - Halloween History
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I read to much and like to learn.... go knowing random information like Holidays. :laugh2:
 
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