we the spaniards have been conquered by usa as halloween shows

[Wolf_Rider]

Originally Posted by 5./JG27.Farber

post 5 and 6,

Agreed.

We should just go back to the wierd Pagan and Druid ones!

Samhain, (where "hallowe'en" stemmed from) is Gaelic... is that Pagan enough.

and history records that many pagan festivals where adopted by christianity and renamed... it was the only way to keep the peace on gaining control of the populations. Another assimilated, so history tells us, is Ester/ Easter (pagan fertilty festival... it always had me fascinated as to what bunnies and eggs had to do with crucifiction) with christmas coming 9 months later.

[fruitbat]

The highlight of Halloween this year was walking back from the pub, and going past someone's house where they had a big lit pumpkin in the front window, with the words **** OFF beautifully carved into it.

Priceless.

[Wolf_Rider]

and some hapless kiddies "trick or treat'n" in one town in the UK received small bags of blow

[swiss]

lol!

[Osprey]

Originally Posted by Wolf_Rider

Samhain, (where "hallowe'en" stemmed from) is Gaelic... is that Pagan enough.

and history records that many pagan festivals where adopted by christianity and renamed... it was the only way to keep the peace on gaining control of the populations. Another assimilated, so history tells us, is Ester/ Easter (pagan fertilty festival... it always had me fascinated as to what bunnies and eggs had to do with crucifiction) with christmas coming 9 months later.

+1

I was going to add something like this but I would've had to do some research The 'tradition' that is being complained by some here as 'new' is actually way older than the current saints days.

[Oldschool61]

Originally Posted by Wolf_Rider

Samhain, (where "hallowe'en" stemmed from) is Gaelic... is that Pagan enough.

and history records that many pagan festivals where adopted by christianity and renamed... it was the only way to keep the peace on gaining control of the populations. Another assimilated, so history tells us, is Ester/ Easter (pagan fertilty festival... it always had me fascinated as to what bunnies and eggs had to do with crucifiction) with christmas coming 9 months later.

ALL christian holidays are stolen from the Pagans. Christmas was made to offset the winter solstice (the church made up the whole jesus bday thing in 349CE) easter is estre the fertility goddess, the eggs and rabbit represent breeding like rabbits aka fertility. IN goes on and on how religions stole from the pagans.
Yet people keep thinking its all true...sad state our civilization is in, believing in mythology. At least Sweden is over 50% rational!!