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The Hidden Dangers of Halloween Candy | Food & Think — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 15:16:29 +0000

[...] of adults—not me, of course—who buy their favorite Halloween chocolates secretly hoping that trick-or-treater turnout will be light and they can polish off the rest themselves. This is especially true of [...]

By: Alyssa

Alyssa — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:21:58 +0000

That’s true, Fin. Catholicism did overlay many of their “traditions” over the traditions of the Pagan. You can even look at the names of the holidays where Easter was once called by Pagans Oestre, and they even had a similar Christmas-like celebration on December 15th, which was switched during the time of the Catholic Raids. Thus, no one can really say any Christian Holiday is Christian, as they stole much of the Holidays. I mean, if the Catholics wanted to do it right and not stomp out the little pacifists then they would have held Christmas in June or July when Jesus was said to have really been born.

By: Fin

Fin — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:04:50 +0000

Halloween is definately a pagan rooted tradition, no offense to the christians but it was clearly an appropriated holiday (like many others) where in a bid by the church to stem traditional pagan festivities, they overlaid their own festivals in an effort to wipe out pagan affiliations. They did the same thing with easter – Bunnies, eggs = fertility symbols, while chocolate = clever marketing by choclate companies. Not that it matters anyhow. It is a festival and they are all about fun, regardless of religious affiliation, so enjoy it!
Happy Halloween