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Should Christians Celebrate Halloween?

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Most people think of Halloween today as simply a day when children dress up in costumes and go from home to home to “trick or treat” and collect enough candy to make any parent cringe. In the United States’ Halloween is the second most popular holiday (after Christmas) for decorating and reaps a huge financial bounty of retail selling of frightening costumes to children and adults alike, decorations and candy. Americans spend $21 million on Halloween candies yearly second only … Continue reading →

Halloween Origins and Customs

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History traces Halloween back to the ancient religion of the Celtics in Ireland. Halloween originated among the Irish Celts, Scots and Anglo-Saxons in Britain long before the Christian era. The Celtic people were very conscious of the spiritual world and had their own ideas of how they could gain access to it – such as by helping their over 300 gods to defeat their enemies in battle, or by imitating the gods in showing cleverness and cunning. Their two main … Continue reading →