Whats your take on Holloween?

Thought this poll would be quite intertaining. Personally I'm with a bit of all of the above. 1, I like to party. 2, I like giving children treats like apples which to them is like me poisoning them. 3, it is part of my religion. 4, I dont care what other people think!

Winter :D

I voted for option 1.

PS You have some excellent pics for Avatars WM! :thumbsup:

I'll second that! Where do you find these illustrated gems?!

WM, is that a young Jane Asher?

Tell you what gets me annoyed... I'm organising an event on Halloween...only, we can't call it a Halloween event, or several members of that community won't attend.

Saying that, the local church are really easy-going about it, so it's their parishioners, not them, who are behaving like puritans.

Because it's an event for the community, we've decided to bow to the pressure and call it an 'Autumn Party', but all members of the committee setting it up are either pagan, atheist, agnostic, or feel that Halloween's been around for a long time and is a good excuse to have fun.
So we've decided to give it a different name, but run all the usual Halloween party stuff - apple bobbing, fancy dress, bats and pumpkins, a bonfire...some of the committee are planning to come dressed as witches just to annoy those who won't like it.:D

Last year I had trouble naming a Christmas event - I'm not Christian, but am happy to help bring the community together for some festive winter fun. But then we had some of the same people who don't want a Halloween event complaining that if we called the winter event a 'Christmas' event, we weren't being inclusive enough for other religions.

Personally I feel ALL these days should be celebrated by whoever wants to celebrate them. I'd be happy to attend an Eid event, or a Hannukah one, although I don't feel confident enough in my knowledge of it to organise one.

Surely we should be looking to be inclusive with all our holidays and customs instead of attempting to erase them from the calendar.

God, I hope it doesnt look like a young Jane Asher!!! With that thought in mind I'd better re-dress ;) How bout this young little kitty for you?

WM

Jane asher's better than any kitten!!!

Incidentally - Haloween - "All hallow's eve" - i.e. the night before all saints day (I think) - which is a christian adaptation anyway of the pagan solstice... So 'your' parisioners shouldn't be whinging too much...!

Halloween is always an excuse for a party... it's my birthday!:partyhat: :banana: :partyhat:

Cute party hats Zamo

I have voted for - part of my religion - even though the festival that is celebrated now bears little or no resemblence to it's religious meanings.

Halloween is a christian festival NOT a pagan/heathen one. Samhuin however is.

Christmas - do you really want me to get int the Yule argument :D

Moon

I thought more people would have joined me in choosing 'poisioning kids'. Never mind..........

I think it is something to do with the nights drawing in and everything in the garden dying and nature retreating that conjours up that sense of ghouls, dead things, the 'other side'.

None of the above

Halloween is a fabulous excuse for wearing an outfit you'd never get away with in public at any other time of year! :D

Originally posted by sugarnspice
Halloween is a fabulous excuse for wearing an outfit you'd never get away with in public at any other time of year! :D

I thought that was the Fuel 'Sportswear Night' ??:suspect: