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For those of you who live in that fabled place, the United States of Mordor, and for some of you who don't:

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Have a hallowed evening.

Ben wrote:For those of you who live in that fabled place, the United States of Mordor, and for some of you who don't:

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Have a hallowed evening.

Dear Ben,
Since my daughter left home many years ago..I don't do anything on Halloween anymore...but I'll buy Halloween cookies...cute/yummy! Do Australian people play Halloween?

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yawares cookies/cup cakes

Hi Yawares,

Most people in Australia don't celebrate Halloween. Its only been very recent that stores started stocking tacky Halloween masks and other paraphenalia and strange out-of-season orange coloured pumpkins. Its generally seen as a commercially-inspired imported cultural artifact.
kind regards,

Ben

I gotta say that while I disapprove of the weirdly sexualized/intoxicated nature of most Halloween parties, it does give me a chance to dress outlandishly without censure, which is always a plus.

My favorite piece of Halloween music (or at least it should be Halloween music): The Swan of Tuonella by Jan Sibelius:

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its "hop tu naa"

Cittasanto wrote:its "hop tu naa"

That's not what we called it when we were building Stonehenge

The Christians needed a way of appropriating Samhain so much that they even moved their corresponding holy day to match it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween# ... influences
They didn't even go to that much trouble for Midwinter/Christmas or Spring (Fertility)/Easter.

What comes around goes around, though. The Christians have now lost it to the Mammonites.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammon


Kim

Kim O'Hara wrote:Mammonites.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammon

• Morgan asked Osteen [the fellow above] if he ever felt guilty for his wealth. He replied, "I don't ever feel guilty because it comes from – it's God's blessings on my life. And for me to apologize for God's – how God has blessed you, it's almost an insult to our God."

Mammonites, may not be the ones in pews, but they certainly tend to be the ones on the stage.

Kim O'Hara wrote:

Cittasanto wrote:its "hop tu naa"

That's not what we called it when we were building Stonehenge

The Christians needed a way of appropriating Samhain so much that they even moved their corresponding holy day to match it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween# ... influences
They didn't even go to that much trouble for Midwinter/Christmas or Spring (Fertility)/Easter.

What comes around goes around, though. The Christians have now lost it to the Mammonites.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammon


Kim

wrong country!
we still celebrate it here

I love Halloween and all its works. October is an especially busy month for people like me. Here's me performing at a fundraiser tonight.


BB
I DO so enjoy my work

BubbaBuddhist wrote:I love Halloween and all its works. October is an especially busy month for people like me. Here's me performing at a fundraiser tonight.


BB
I DO so enjoy my work

The leopard spots suit you!