[napscoordinator]

If we continue to complain about every holiday, we soon will not have any to celebrate. Christmas has been attacked, Easter for sure, and the Christians are not happy about it. So what do the Christians do? Complain about Halloween. Since when is it a pick and chose. You will not have too many people supporting your goal of keeping Christmas as it originally intended if you become hypocrites. Enjoy ALL HOLIDAYS while we still have them. Soon we might be regretting the complaining.

[Jack Hydrazine]

“So what do the Christians do?”

Hmmm... Well the deified rabbi worshiped by Christians celebrated Jewish holidays. If Christians really wanted to follow the example of their rabbi they’d probably celebrate Sukkot (Festival of Booths), Chanukah (this year it’ll be Thanksgivikah because it and T-day run together; next one in 79,000 years.), and at least all of the other major ones, but probably not the minors.

[Resolute Conservative]

Since when did Halloween become a holiday? I have never gotten it off in observance.

[driftless2]

Not to be a nitpicker, but Halloween is not a holiday. Like Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, Ogre’s Gathering, and a few others it’s an observance.

[miss marmelstein]

Excellent post, Naps.

As someone who has been researching the liturgical calendar of Medieval England, I mourn the loss of so many beautiful Catholic festivals, holidays and feast days. All uniquely English right down to special foods and clothing. At least the Southern European Catholics keep up some really wonderful Catholic holidays. Beauty is truth, truth is beauty.