Doubletalk for the kids
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The way I figure it, right about now, most of the parents in the U.S. are encouraging their kids to do something that they’ve already told the kids to never ever do.
That’s just one of the problems I see with Halloween and the whole “trick or treat” nonsense.
I mean, really. Even if I manage to refrain from expressing the opinion that “All Hallows Even” is to Satanism what Christmas is to Christianity (Oops, guess I couldn’t restrain myself 
), have you ever thought about what people are teaching their kids?
“No, honey, you should never get in a car with a stranger. No, dear, you should never tell a stranger where you live. No, dear, you should never take candy from strangers. Oh, sure, you can disguise yourself then threaten to vandalize a stranger’s yard if they don’t give you candy. That’s fine.”
…and people wonder why some kids are so screwed up.
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Agreed.
That is exactly why I think Halloween should just be parties, and trick or treating should be permanently retired. I just read an article a few minutes ago about a 12 year old who was shot to death through a front door while trick or treating (really!) Here’s the link to the story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081101/ap_on_re_us/trick_or_treat_killing
Definately agree.. I´m an adult and I wouldn´t want to get dressed up and go to strange houses, let alone send my children. We agree to only let them go with us.. and it´s only to a few NEXT DOOR neighbours for a bit of fun. There are sometimes organised parties at the school or at Sunday school as well, which are good… no strange or dangerous things there. Not long until Christmas now.. about 7.5 weeks I think.. another marvellous occasion for children.. and a hard one for us parents.. how to tell your child they cannot have, because they have enough.. teaching them to share etc etc. Cannot wait! Lena
Wikipedia is really a wonderful source for these kind of trivia. hallow evans — hallowean..
Nice to hear.
a picture in your post would add a lot more gloss, and would attract more visitors..
Halloween had its roots in a pagan festival, not Satanist - there is a difference.
And just like Christmas, it just a little bit of fun once a year…
Trick or treating freaks my 73-year-old mum out though
Perhaps I can make my feeling on Halloween a little clearer by relating a story I heard from my mother-in-law.
There was this mother who was preparing brownies for her kids. The kids knew she had an awful problem with mice in her kitchen and that the cookware had to have the mouse poop washed off of it before being used. Once the brownies were finished, she brought them out of the kitchen and told the girls she forgot to wash the brownie pan, but it was okay because there was “just a little bit of poop” in the brownies.
You can do and say all kinds of things to “dress up” (no pun intended) the “holiday” to make it seem okay, but it’s still got just a little bit of poop in it.