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To: nmh
What is practiced in THIS country, the U.S. is a twisted Catholic import.

No, the custom came to THIS country with the Irish.
It is NOT a Roman Catholic custom.
If it were, it would have come with Catholic immigrants of other nationalities as well. It did not. I suggest that YOU become more familiar with history.

51 posted on 11/01/2003 2:40:13 PM PST by Willie Green (Go Pat Go!!!)
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To: Willie Green
Dear Willie, denial is not becoming to you. Check U.S. history and Catholic literature. It's all there. BTW, you'll also find support for unions by these folks also. That ought to cheer you up a bit!

Irish records tell of the fascination the Catholic monks had with the powerful Druids, and Druids soon became important members of their monasteries. Pope Gregory the Great decided to incorporate the Druids' holiday into the church. He made the proclamation, "They are no longer to sacrifice beasts to the devil, but they may kill them for food to the praise of God, and give thanks to the giver of all gifts for His bounty." Pope Gregory III moved the church festival of October 31st to November 1st and called it All Hallows or All Saints' Day. Pope Gregory IV decreed that the day was to be a universal church observance. The term Halloween comes from All Hallows Eve.

The founding fathers of America REFUSED to permit the holiday to be observed because they knew it was a pagan holiday. Halloween was NOT widely celebrated in the U.S. until about 1900. In the 1840's there was a terrible potato famine in Ireland which sent thousands of Catholic Irish to America. They brought Halloween with them.

76 posted on 11/01/2003 8:01:14 PM PST by nmh
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