[WackyKat]

This article is quite factual in its history of Halloween and in its conclusion that the holiday is a pagan religious festival.
Of course, by the same logic, both Easter and Christmas should be deleted from the Christian calendar since those are also based on pagan religious festivals.

[bcoffey]

"Of course, by the same logic, both Easter and Christmas should be deleted from the Christian calendar since those are also based on pagan religious festivals."

Not to mention St. Valentine's Day.. or even Sunday.

[yevgenie]

This article is quite factual in its history of Halloween and in its conclusion that the holiday is a pagan religious festival. Of course, by the same logic, both Easter and Christmas should be deleted from the Christian calendar since those are also based on pagan religious festivals.

I agree with Christmas, but not Easter. I find it telling that my church (denomination), technically older than the Catholic church, has celebrated Easter for centuries but Christmas only in the last couple generations (after influence from the West).

[stands2reason]

Did the article say that you shouldn't celebrate Halloween? I must have missed that part....