Halloween isn’t a real holiday
I guess there are worse ones to celebrate, though. Still not going to open the door to trick-or-treaters, though. Going around asking for candy is what Three Kings’ Day is for. Dressing up (as anything but the Magi) is what Carnival is for. Granted, these holidays are much more christianalised than Halloween is, but it’s two for the price of one.
Speaking of christianalising Halloween, here’s yet another YouTube video:
Vandalism for Jesus! Wooh!
I wasn’t even aware you could take something back if it was never yours in the first place.
(Via this guy, who discussed it in more detail.)
Barbara said,
November 1st, 2006 at 5:07 pm
You’re absolutely right Cairn, Halloween in Belgium is stupid. Especially because it was almost forced on us because of its economic benefits. Unfortunately many people fail to see this is just a holiday to fill the gap between summer vacation and ‘Sinterklaas’ for the commercial world.
What is there to do on Halloween? You can go waist your money on decorations for your house or on special ‘halloween markets’. Other than that, there’s nothing to it. Our Germanic “Halloween” is now christianized to Allerheiligen/Allerzielen. We don’t need another holiday celebrating the same thing. And yet many people hop on the commercial treadmill anyhow. *sighs*