Wednesday, October 31, 2012

On Halloween.

I've never been the biggest fan of Halloween. My parents never really celebrated it when I was younger, and now I still don't celebrate it. I don't mean to offend anyone by this, not at all, but here's the way I see it: Halloween is based off of the pagan holidays. The anti-christians. I'm sure you've heard this numerous times before, but here's the history of Halloween or All Hallows Eve: It was believed that on this night, the spirit world and the human world overlapped and that the dead would come back to life and cause sickness and suffering. The costumes and masks were worn to mimic the spirits in order to please them. Bonfires were built to sacrifice animals and crops as sacrifices to the Celtic gods. It became a night to celebrate spirits and witchcraft and dark magic.

The history of this holiday is all about the devil, and to some extent aspects of it are still focused on him with all the talk of vampires, werewolves and ghosts. I understand that for many, the holiday is no more than a fun evening to dress up in a cool costume and visit your neighbors for some candy, but the pretense of it makes me uncomfortable. That's just the way I see it, and I want people to understand my views. Please, don't take offense.
♥♥Kristin

3 comments:

  1. Thanks for posting, Kristin! My sentiments exactly!!

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  2. I feel the same way. I used to go Trick-or-Treating when I was younger, but my family stopped doing it two years ago, for the same reason. We don't like the history behind it. I did dress up, however, for my youth group halloween party, but other than that, we don't do it.

    ~Molly~
    mollyslittlecorner.blogspot.com

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