Since, most don't believe in ghosts and other silly stuff that goes along with the holiday. Do we still observe some of it for the children. I rather ignore it like the rest of the religious holidays.
Oh heck yeah,,, just another reason to have a party..
Most would as most celebrate Christmas too, or at least the giving or exchanging presents.
That is what Christmas should be for. Along with spending time with family. I wish we could rename that day. It would really piss off the christains.
the real thing about holidays is for family to get together
@benhmiller Yes, I believe it too, however it is also very sad for those who do not have any family or who are not in touch with them.
Personally, Xtian Celebrations mean nothing at to me, I do make an effort to give my nephew Henry something for Easter and Xmas as I did for my daughter.
But since both Easter and Halloween are both one of those celebrations plagiarized from far earlier and old cultural belief systems by Xtianity anyway, just as is Xmas btw, I see them as being just another ' show grabber' utilised by both religions ( to attempt to get in extra congregation members) and the Manufacturing Companies and Retail Stores to boost sales.
Even the title of Pope in the Catholic Church was plagiarized from the Roman Empire where the Pontifex Maximus ( the great Bridge Builder,being the translated meaning) was the High Priest and Chief Augur of the Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus ( The Greatest and Best), the College of Cardinals is also derive from the Collegia of Rome, collegia were Organised Gangs of Thugs, Murderers, Thieves based in the various urban areas of Ancient Rome who preyed upon people, did the often unsavory biddings of the Senate/ Emperors, ran Protection/Extortion rackets, etc, etc.
The Catholic Church, it would seem, based itself on a very poor white-washing attempt of the truth and facts about the city and peoples that it first swallowed up.
Unlike Xmas and Easter, Halloween seems to have lost ALL of its religious overtones. It's just a fun time to dress in costumes and go trick-or-treating. I see nothing religious in the way we celebrate the modern holiday.
Spooky things, costumes, candy. It's fun. I trawl Netflix for horror movies and hang up pretty spiderweb decorations and go to loads of events.
Sure why not it's just a day of fun and costumes. I can observe the christmas holiday as well but not the religious aspect.
I don't think Halloween is something that you have to "observe" and it really is not a religious holiday. There might be some wacko fringe churches in the US who try to make it into a Pagan Holiday to try to keep children from having any fun with anything that is not church.
Of course I don’t acknowledge the existence of any of that nonsense but like Xmas and thanksgiving, it’s more tradition. For Halloween, I go to a gala at The Museum of Natural History.
That sounds awesome! Holidays should be a celebration of life. I can't think of a better way to celebrate than looking back at the history of nature.
It’s more an American thing, although it has partially migrated... its still not so popular all over the world.
it's not American, it's Celtic
Yes. I love all the holidays I grew up with. I just see them as a celebration of life, our history and family togetherness. These celebrations are so much older than our current patriarchal, monotheistic religions. For instance, Yuletide was celebrated long before it became another term for Christmas.
Maybe don't worry about it? The Halloween most in the US celebrate has no connection to All Saints' Eve which is followed by All Saints Day. Don't know many religious people that celebrate, who know the religious significance, or the fact that it has pagan roots.