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Trick or Treat?
This time of year there is a bunch of chatter on the
Internet about the origins of Halloween. Many good Catholic and Christian
families wrestle with whether not to allow their children to participate in Halloween
festivities. Some parents might even go so far as to forbid dressing in costume
and trick-or-treating. Others will attempt
to provide some alternative festival or outlet like an Autumnfest or All Saints
festival.
One of the prominent issues comes up is whether or not Halloween
has its roots in a pagan festival. The
short answer is that Halloween is not based on a pagan holiday. Instead
Halloween has its origin as being the eve of the hollow day of all Saints Day.
Other Resources
Instead of writing a long post on the subject I thought I would share a few articles written by A few Catholic resources have a little bit more "street cred" than I do.
Instead of writing a long post on the subject I thought I would share a few articles written by A few Catholic resources have a little bit more "street cred" than I do.
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