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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 11:28 AM Original message |
The Not-So-Scary Origins of Halloween |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
1. Reminds me of that old rhyme: |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
2. The harvest festival was actually Lughnasadh |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 12:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Thanks for the clarification! |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
4. Samhain/Halloween only got "scary" when it was co-opted by the Christians |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. As you probably know, many conservative Christians see Halloween as "satanic" |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Yeah--thousands of years of that mighty PR machine ingrains some shit pretty deeply |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
7. Fixing All Hallows Day as 1 November seems to have occurred in Rome in the eighth century, |
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