Halloween

[ruthandsam]

That awkward moment when my 6 year old daughter's friends turn up at the door with an invitation to a Halloween Party. It is against everything I stand for but what to do?

[Smowball]

We love halloween in our house - its just a fun night to dress up and decorate the house.

[naomi24]

//what do you stand for? Everyone else here seems to know except me! //

And me.

[sandyRoe]

There is a school of thought that holds there's a path you can start out on by trick-or-treating, making lanterns from pumpkins, or ducking for apples, which ends with you Sky-Clad under the Autumn moon sacrificing an innocent to appease The Great Horned One.

[ludwig]

^ that's like what happened with me. I started on the Harry Potter books - peer pressure that's all it was. I wanted to fit in and be cool.

It was a slippery slope to full on devil worship. I'm in recovery now and it's been 4 months since my last human sacrifice.

[mikey4444]

Just ignore it altogether. Its a commercial American import, purely to put yet more profits into supermarket coffers.

Wait a few days and celebrate Firework Night ! Its British and lots of fun !

[woofgang]

and bloody noisy, dangerous and terrifying to animals....oh yes its loadsafun....NOT

[woofgang]

I don't know either Naomi, I am assuming that the OP has some in principle objection to halloween parties.....

[DSJ]

Further to my earlier post, Halloween is actually the eve of All Hallows Day, a Christian festival celebrated on 1st November. I am a devout practising Christian and I love Halloween, my birthday, and I always enjoy watching my grandchildren dressing up and having fun.

[modeller]

I wonder if ruthandsam is a JW or a Quaker etc. They put their weird archaic views before the welfare of their children .
I have seen such children upset after being deneid the simple pleasures of Christmas. I remember some Children not being allowed to watch TV for some personal adult belief. As you would expect children suffer socially and educationally.

[NOX]

LMCPFC -Laugh my Celtic Pagan fecking arse off birdie ;-)

[EDDIE51]

Halloween
An excuse for kids to go door to door demanding money and theatening criminal damage if they don't get what they want.

[LazyGun]

It would appear that Halloween can certainly be extremely hazardous for your health :)

http://www.wptv.com/d...township-pennsylvania

[mibn2cweus]

LazyGun
It would appear that Halloween can certainly be extremely hazardous for your health :)

http://www.wptv.com/d...township-pennsylvania
14:18 Mon 22nd Oct 2012

Yikes!

Nix that terrorist costume idea . . .

"Trick or treat?" > http://farm1.staticfl...869158_9547e81708.jpg

That could well be, erm . . . suicide. :o/

[LazyGun]

@Mibn - LoL, anyone wearing that halloween costume is certainly taking their life in their hands :)

[mibn2cweus]

So much for goin' for the 'Best Costume' award. :o/

[Le Chat]

//what do you stand for? Everyone else here seems to know except me! //

And me.

[magsmay]

well said NOX! PLB
We celebrate Samhain -I hate the American Trick or treat thing -total American twaddle and I refuse to let my children basically bang on peoples doors and demand confectionary. The Devil was invented by Christians to frighten them into submission -so don't blame us Pagans lol!

[Kiki-frog]

Ditto, magsmay - oh bugger, I've just outed myself

[magsmay]

@kiki-frog maybe its time to start a AB Coven ;-)