[Pan_Yans Wife]

Lucifer, the fallen angel, would be a part of the creation story, and the Old Testament that Jewish families could incorporate into their explanation of Halloween. Granted, with my son I didn't get into a deep theology lesson.

My main goal was to correct his misunderstanding. And I wonder if other children have been taught that Halloween is Satan's birthday. This is false. And I would hate to think of parents LYING to their children, IF they know better.

[Willie Green]

And I wonder if other children have been taught that Halloween is Satan's birthday. This is false.

I was channel-surfin' through the History Channel a couple days ago and caught a brief explanation that the actual origin has something to do with the ancient Druids in England. Late in the Fall, they apparently carried offerings of sweets and such to the outskirts of the village to keep the dead from rising up out of their graves and causing a big ruckus in the town. Something like that, anyway...