Halloween on Sunday troubles some Southerners

[Lil' Hannah]

I'm not religious so this seems silly to me, but whatever...

NEWNAN, Georgia (AP) -- Across the Bible Belt this Halloween, some little ghosts and goblins might get shooed away by the neighbors -- and some youngsters will not be allowed to go trick-or-treating at all -- because the holiday falls on a Sunday this year.

"It's a day for the good Lord, not for the devil," said Barbara Braswell, who plans to send her 4-year-old granddaughter Maliyah out trick-or-treating in a princess costume on Saturday instead.

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[33girl]

I hope these people also don't go shopping, grocery or otherwise, on Sunday...or they would just be big hypocrites. I'm sure that isn't the case though

[Rudey]

I'm like yo homie let's go to a Halloween party if I'm in Chicago. My homie, goes no I don't believe in Halloween. I'm all like are you a Jehova's Witness or something? Do you not celebrate birthdays either? And he tells me his parents are against it and he's seen videos against Catholics and saying that Satan worshippers use Halloween to sacrifice babies.

-Rudey

[IowaStatePhiPsi]

Originally posted by Rudey
he's seen videos against Catholics

huh?

[OrigamiTulip]

If Halloween = the devil, then why is she allowing her child to celebrate at all. What difference does it make if its on Saturday or Sunday?

I *love* trick-or-treaters, but I'll be shooing away anyone who comes trick or treating on Saturday. Those who come on Halloween are going to be spoiled rotten, though

[emleepc]

This whole article is just ridiculous! Can't those quoted see that they are contradicting themselves? As a southerner, I think my fellow southerners in this article clearly aren't thinking. If you want to celebrate, then celebrate, whichever day you prefer....

[aephi alum]

Oy.

Halloween is also the eve of All Saints' Day. That is a holy day of obligation for Roman Catholics (I'm not sure who else observes it). I notice that this doesn't seem to be cause for concern??

[adduncan]

Originally posted by aephi alum
Oy.

Halloween is also the eve of All Saints' Day. That is a holy day of obligation for Roman Catholics

Not according to my liturgical calendar, it isn't.

Anywho - this is to be expected in a state that still promotes blue laws.

<rant> If you don't want to work or buy alcohol, or whatever on Sunday, then DON'T! You don't have to pass a law to govern your own consumer behaviour! Some of us need to pick up an extra 6-pack of Sam Adams before our Sunday picnic, dammit!! You don't see any other religious community trying to pass these kinds of laws, the right-wing Protestants don't need to either!!</rant>

::: breathe in....breathe out.... :::

Welp, if people in North Georgia want to celebrate Halloween on Halloween and avoid the squeamish in their communities, my neighborhood is open. Briers North expects about 4,000 (no, that is not a typo - FOUR THOUSAND) kids and their families to come play in our neighborhood and trick-or-treat on that day.

http://www.briersnorth.org

--add

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally posted by adduncan
Not according to my liturgical calendar, it isn't.

Only because it falls on a Monday this year, normally it is.

[aephi alum]

Originally posted by adduncan
Not according to my liturgical calendar, it isn't.

Is that new? It was a holy day of obligation when I was little. I always had to cut my trick-or-treating short because my parents HAD TO go to the 5:15pm vigil Mass (the 7:15pm Mass, which all the other trick-or-treating-aged kids and their parents went to, wasn't good enough for them).

I know the Catholic Church recently ruled that if a holy day of obligation falls on a Saturday or Monday, your attendance at Sunday Mass counts for both. All Saints' Day is a Monday this year - is that what's going on?

I also know that it's up to the bishops in each country to decide what the holy days of obligation are, as long as you observe Christmas and a Marian holiday. I do not believe All Saints' Day is a holy day of obligation in Canada, for instance.

-- aephi alum, who spent way too many years in Catholic school and studying her catechism only to become Jewish

[adduncan]

Originally posted by GeekyPenguin
Only because it falls on a Monday this year, normally it is.

That's what I meant. Sorry it wasn't clear.

But the Halloween info for our neighborhood was the main point.

--add

[valkyrie]

I'm going to open a can of whoop ass on any kid who comes a knockin' on Saturday. For real.

[Lil' Hannah]

Originally posted by valkyrie
I'm going to open a can of whoop ass on any kid who comes a knockin' on Saturday. For real.

Maybe Senusret will let you borrow his "Satan is my homeboy" shirt and you can answer your door on Saturday wearing that. Tell them you're watching football and offer them a can of beer.

[Peaches-n-Cream]

Originally posted by GeekyPenguin
Only because it falls on a Monday this year, normally it is.

I didn't know this. I just checked my calendar and it said Not a Holy Day of Obligation. So if it falls on a Monday or Saturday, Sunday mass counts. I missed that memo. I was wondering why the Catholic schools are open on Monday, Nov 1st. It was great to be off the day after Halloween when I was a school girl.

[Xylochick216]

When Halloween fell on a Sunday when I was in 6th grade, our county kept it the same date. However, good ol' Rev. Falwell decided the city should have it Saturday night. So we all went with our friends in the city on Saturday, and they came with us Sunday. We got twice the candy

Seriously, if they have a problem with Halloween falling on a Sunday, they shouldn't be celebrating Halloween anyways. Just buy your kid lots of candy and keep him/her in.