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It's a cultural observance. Not a holiday. For one thing it isn't even a day. It's a couple of hours in the evening.
Consider the source. Koshergrrrrrr thinks a holiday is defined by "getting off".
It is an ancient holy-day, and ran from sunset 10/31 to sunset 11/1. See post 2.
And I don't know what your experience is but I've seen people dressed up and going "Happy Hallowe'en" all day.
It's not an ancient holy day, you moron. It's the EVE of a holy day, i.e., ALL SAINTS DAY.
And it's not a holiday. I understand you want to change the definition of *holiday* to allow you to pretend that dressing up like a vampire and scaring little kids is some sort of imporant observance, but the truth is, neither the definition of "holiday" or even the actuality of Halloween observance in our country, makes this little fright fest a *holiday*.
Give up, dingbat.
I too love Halloween. It's meant for fun and nothing else. Kids used to rule Halloween but more and more it's becoming an adult holiday, much like St. Patrick's Day.
I've met at least one family that eschews everything Halloween. They are deeply religious, or so they say. So their kids don't dress up and canvass the neighborhood for candy. No parties with bobbing for apples and glazed donuts washed down with apple cider, no jack-o-lanterns. Think of that part of your own childhood and then think of it being ripped out by parents who read the bible differently from everyone else. What a pity.
My only problem with Halloween is the out-of-town trick-or-treaters. I live right where Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio meet. While I live in the Buckeye State, I watch each Halloween as POS pick up trucks and mini vans with out of state plates drop off kids a dozen at a time. Because my home is on a corner in a neighborhood that has large, well maintained homes sitting cheek to jowl along our notoriously steep hillsides, I get to see the out of state invaders as they come ashore. "You do this street and the next one over and I'll meet you at the stop light!" called one West Virginia mom as her kids tumbled out of the bed of her rusty pick up truck.
My message is: "Hey Gomer! Let your kids work your trailer park! My neighborhood is already crawling with kids who live here!"
Another nut job, criticize people for not celebrating and then be an asshole about sharing your candy with kids.
Actually he's complaining about immigrants. Thought you'd be sympathetic with that.
Even wiktard acknowledges it:
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Why is Halloween not a holiday?
Answer:
because its not the true reloign of the united states
I am a different person than who wrote the above:
This is not true- it is technically an unofficial holiday. The United States does not have a specific denomination of religion."
Though the answer is incoherent, as most of wikis masses of contributors and slavish followers are, even the wiktards recognize it's not a holiday.
And it makes them MAD!
Why is Halloween not a holiday
So even though any uniformed tard can post on Wiki and most of the posts are incorrect, this true because you want it to be.
Let me clue you in - the US doesn't have any official religion.
It's a cultural observance. Not a holiday. For one thing it isn't even a day. It's a couple of hours in the evening.
Consider the source. Koshergrrrrrr thinks a holiday is defined by "getting off".
It is an ancient holy-day, and ran from sunset 10/31 to sunset 11/1. See post 2.
And I don't know what your experience is but I've seen people dressed up and going "Happy Hallowe'en" all day.
It's not an ancient holy day, you moron. It's the EVE of a holy day, i.e., ALL SAINTS DAY.
And it's not a holiday. I understand you want to change the definition of *holiday* to allow you to pretend that dressing up like a vampire and scaring little kids is some sort of imporant observance, but the truth is, neither the definition of "holiday" or even the actuality of Halloween observance in our country, makes this little fright fest a *holiday*.
Give up, dingbat.
Answer 3:In other news, you'd better sit down for this -- some believe the earth revolves around the sun rather than vice versa
Wtf is a truss wrapper though