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Post by jen51 on Oct 26, 2017 21:58:19 GMT -5
Do you take your kids trick-or-treating, or do any other Halloween activities? Or do you completely reject any modern day notions of All Hallows Eve? Why or why not?
Our kids are too young to trick-or-treat, so we have not researched or thought about this topic in earnest yet.
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Post by jen51 on Oct 26, 2017 22:07:27 GMT -5
I should have worded that differently to include everyone. I'm still interested in your opinions whether you have kids or not.
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Post by Clotilde on Oct 26, 2017 22:25:16 GMT -5
We don't participate for the reason that we have no supporting Catholic culture and there is a major holy day the next day. If we had more support or if my kids were in a parochial school, maybe I could swing both, but there is only enough time for the holy day celebration in our lives.
I don't see anything wrong with carving pumpkins, costumes, candy, or innocent fun, but it's not our focus that week.
My kids painted some pumpkins today with some friends, no faces or anything scary, just having a nice time and socializing.
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Post by Marya Dabrowski on Oct 26, 2017 23:02:45 GMT -5
We don't trick or treat. All Hallows Eve is a penitential day for us so I think that would be opposed to the spirit of the day. We enjoy coordinating a Saint's Party every year. It's the most cherished day of the year for at least one of my children. We do carve pumpkins at some point in the fall.
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Post by Pacelli on Oct 28, 2017 11:16:21 GMT -5
Do you take your kids trick-or-treating, or do any other Halloween activities? Or do you completely reject any modern day notions of All Hallows Eve? Why or why not? Our kids are too young to trick-or-treat, so we have not researched or thought about this topic in earnest yet. If something is not a sin, it is permissible. If a child is dressing up in an innocent costume, knocking on doors and getting some candy, I can't see how that can be argued is a sin. So long as there is no risk of scandal, it appears to be a permissble act, if that's all it's about. There are serious problems wth Halloween, however. The occult is celebrated and practiced by many on this day. Many watch graphically violent, occultish, and evil movies as a way of spending the day or night. Many of the costumes and other Halloween decorations depict witches, other forms of occultism, or are hideously repugnant. I've always found it fascinating how this culture of this day inspires so many to sins against charity with youth egging cars, smashing pumpkins, and other forms of property destruction. Also, for a Catholic, as Clotilde mentioned, Halloween takes the focus off of both All Saints Day and all Souls Day. Why waste time, energy and money on a useless concept such as Halloween when we can celebrate our great Catholic feasts and build up a culture around those that actually inspires the youth in the practice of their Faith. Many Catholics organize All Saints Day parties where children dress up as a saint, and learn about that saint as well. So, to sum up, while I don't think it's a sin if one keeps Halloween innocent and avoids scandal, I also don't think Catholics should bother with it.
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Post by Barbara on Oct 29, 2017 12:26:09 GMT -5
Another sad fact about October 31, is that it is "Reformation Day."Reformation Day is a public holiday in five states in Germany on October 31 each year to remember the religious Reformation in Europe. It commemorates when German monk and theologian Martin Luther’s proposals were nailed on the doors of a church in 1517. This event was the start of religious and social changes in Europe.
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Post by jen51 on Oct 29, 2017 19:26:25 GMT -5
Thanks, everyone. I tend to agree- it's non-important. Especially right before an important feast day. Our parish has a saints party every year. We will probably participate in that. My family thinks we're terrible for depriving our kids of trick or treating, even though we haven't made a definitive decision yet. There will be plenty of ceremony and special activities on All Souls, so I would hardly call them deprived!
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Post by jen51 on Oct 29, 2017 19:28:31 GMT -5
Another sad fact about October 31, is that it is "Reformation Day."Reformation Day is a public holiday in five states in Germany on October 31 each year to remember the religious Reformation in Europe. It commemorates when German monk and theologian Martin Luther’s proposals were nailed on the doors of a church in 1517. This event was the start of religious and social changes in Europe.
Oh, yes. My poor husband has had to endure his boss going on about their reformation sermon series at the local Methodist church. Martin Luther was one perverted man. I doubt they talk about that in their series, lol.
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Post by Pacelli on Oct 29, 2017 20:14:43 GMT -5
Another sad fact about October 31, is that it is "Reformation Day."Reformation Day is a public holiday in five states in Germany on October 31 each year to remember the religious Reformation in Europe. It commemorates when German monk and theologian Martin Luther’s proposals were nailed on the doors of a church in 1517. This event was the start of religious and social changes in Europe.
Oh, yes. My poor husband has had to endure his boss going on about their reformation sermon series at the local Methodist church. Martin Luther was one perverted man. I doubt they talk about that in their series, lol. The truth about Martin Luther has been whitewashed by the Protestants, and now even the Conciliarists.
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Post by Clotilde on Oct 29, 2017 21:22:13 GMT -5
The increase in reverence of Luther is all the more reason to redouble our efforts to celebrate All Saints Day and November devotions.
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Post by RitaMarita on Oct 30, 2017 11:24:41 GMT -5
Everyone already replied giving the points which I would have given here! So, instead I will add the experience I had which turned me away from trick-or-treating when I was 15: My best friend of mine and I decided to dress up for Halloween as saints and make a stance for Catholicism. We both dressed up as Ursuline nuns, (because I am sort of partial to Saint Rita ) and instead of saying "Trick or treat" decided that we would say, "Happy hallowed eve of All Saints Day" instead. We decided that if people wouldn't give us candy because we wouldn't say, "Trick or treat" then we didn't want their candy. So... We went to people's houses and as far as I can remember, almost everyone went along with us saying "Happy Hallowed Eve..." instead of "Trick or Treat". Yet, at one of the houses we stopped at, someone thought that we were actually real nuns... (Apparently our outfits that I had put together were too realistic because I always had dreamed of being a nun and cared about all the little details in my attempt to "play nun".) Anyhow, the people asked us to give them a blessing, and not knowing how to respond we made the sign of the cross on their heads and then walked on our way. It was such an embarrassing thing that I decided at that point never to go trick-or-treating again! ...That being said... Have you heard of the origin or trick or treating and soul-cakes? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_cake
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Post by Voxxkowalski on Oct 30, 2017 11:30:17 GMT -5
I dont understand why folks cant seperate religious things from cultursl things. I adored the fun of dressing the little ones up and the excitement...and the happiness when they dumped out a huge bag of candy on the floor. Good clean fun if done with objectivity
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Post by chestertonian on Oct 31, 2017 21:38:23 GMT -5
my son had fun trick or treating in the neighborhood where I grew up we must have had hundreds of trick or treaters. Only slightly high blood sugar level. he got to have one piece of candy and he kept 10 pieces everything else gets donated to the homeless shelter. this is one of the only times of theyear where he eats dessert. My mom is taking care of me this week and the only place she could for a hospital bed is the living room so I think the doorbell didn't stop ringing for 2 hours
I like the idea of all saints day but you can't have an all saints day party of 1.y son has a bunch of catholic dress up stuff but his friends don't appreciate it you need a culturql context. They will go to mass tomorrow and then the cemetery.
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Post by Butterfly3 on Dec 29, 2017 1:01:40 GMT -5
I don't have children, but I tend to celebrate it. But last year I started to feel bad for celebrating it. I just hand out candy and dress up. I think it's okay to dress up like nothing anything scary (Though I do like getting scared and scary, but it's not to be mean, just for fun. But some Catholics are strict on it. I have good intentions. It's not evil) but maybe wholesome and handing out candy. I was thinking next year to be an angel and hand out candy as well as packets to tell about angels. My mom doesn't like this idea though. I don't know what to tell her, I have a hard time sometimes with things that I have to change up.
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