<<What about those churches/school systems, etc. who go on and on about the inappropriateness of Holloween, but have "Fall Harvest Festivals" with pumpkins, candy give-a-ways, costumes, etc. (everything but the witches and ghosts). Are they just finding a 'sneaky' way to celebrate Holloween without calling it that?>>
That's exactly what the early Church did-incorporate the some of the symbols of the whole fall harvest/spirit worship thing and call it something else. I don't understand this. If parents and churches don't want their kids doing something, they should explain why and stick to it. Not come up with "alternatives" that are really just that same thing they disagree with, albeit with a different name. My church has a "Holy Ghost Party." Now, if the idea of a holy "ghost" doesn't scare kids (as it did me, when I was little), then a goblin sure as H won't!
[This message has been edited by Discogoddess (edited October 05, 2000).]
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