To: the OlLine Rebel; All
Actually it was the Puritans who banned Halloween in the Northern Colonies, where in Virginia, Halloween was celebrated.
16 posted on
10/31/2005 10:22:42 AM PST by
KevinDavis
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To: KevinDavis; All
Actually it was the Puritans who banned Halloween in the Northern Colonies, where in Virginia, Halloween was celebrated.Also, isn't it true that the Puritans banned the holiday more for it's Catholic than for it's Pagan association as the article asserts?
64 posted on
10/31/2005 12:38:31 PM PST by
AndrewB
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