Anyone dislike Halloween and other holidays?

[ManaMinori 4,145]

Frankly, I think it's nothing more than a giant contradiction and idiotic. People warn their kids not to take candy from strangers, but it's OK on Halloween, because it's all in good fun? Cobwebs and disembodied dummies litter people's houses, but would they want real spiders, cobwebs, and  bloodied corpses around, any other day of the year?

 

Not to mention it's steeped in pagan and Satanic elements and everyone- adults, kids, even pets are taking part in it, because FUN! It's like, heck with researching what it is you're really celebrating, and teaching your hellspawn. What fun is there in that?

 

Feels on Halloween? (Or holidays in general)

[Ethan Tran 950]

nope. i don't think so.

Halloween .... well you can find on wiki what it is and where it came from and for what purpose.

so in short: it makes peoples to take death not so serious... xmas has it's long roots too, but basically it's just all part of new year's appreciations day, that represents a new beginnings and such.

well i can go on and on.. but i don't think my opinion really matters, 'cause it's one of the "hollywar" topic, and there is as many opinions as many people in this world. so. that was mine.

[Black Sabbath 2,486]

Not to mention it's steeped in pagan and Satanic elements and everyone- adults, kids, even pets are taking part in it, because FUN! 

And what's wrong with that? 

Edited September 23, 2016 by Yamet

[KrazyDashie 1,847]

wasnt halloween made to banish ghosts by wearing costumes? (or something similar)

[Mesme Rize 15,683]

I don't know why this is such a bad thing.

 

My little cousin goes on candy hunt every year and it's his favorite time, because every kid loves candy.

 

And seriously, who cares about the religious implications? My family is not religious, so we don't care.

[Member Berry 1,217]

I never liked Halloween. It always seems to piss down with rain on Halloween in Britain.

[Kenshiro 13,493]

We haven't got that Halloween culture in our country but i like Halloweens. Colorful clothes, pumpkins, candies, relationships between the people are good harmony also i like holidays too. They help you to relax and give you chance to spend time with your friends and the loved ones

[Ruddboy Olaf 10,628]

I feel indifferent about Halloween.

It was fun when I was a kid and could actually eat candy. But, now it just seems childish to me. 

Then again, it's the one day of year when I can dress up in a costume, and not be seen as a freak.

Edited September 23, 2016 by 7's Blue

[Envy 6,144]

I don't much care for Halloween, the decorations are gross and disturbing. I don't see what people see in this stuff. I can see why people like dressing up and getting candy, though.

[BastementSparkle 20,324]

I used to adore Halloween. Still kind of do, but less so these days. I just love a lot of things to do with it, I had a fascination with Skeletons as a kid and I loved darker things, I love anything pumpkin flavored, which those kinds of foods are around a lot at the time of the year, it was usually when the weather where I lived would start cooling down, and I prefer colder weather. Plus, dressing up in costumes was fun and so was the candy of course. And it was an excuse to stay up late and walk around at night, which is the best time to walk around in my opinion, I love the night.

 

 I still really like it these days, for the cool decorations and colder weather and pumpkins. But I'm not as enthusiastic as I once was, I'm too old to trick or treat these days, and I don't like candy as much as I used to. I don't really like any kind of super scary houses or parties, so I don't enjoy much. I still love the atmosphere though.

 

 Frankly, just in terms of the actual Holiday, Halloween is easily my favorite. Sure, I got cool presents on Christmas, and Eggnog, but...Well, I never really got too into the "Christmas Spirit", and while the whole family togetherness thing is great, I never had Christmas like that with my family, plus no snow down here. Thanksgiving is just nice for the food and that's it, same with other holidays.

 

 Halloween's the one holiday I've ever really enjoyed, just for the sake of the holiday.

[Discordian 6,015]

I don't see anything wrong with turning some days into a reason to celebrate and be creative with how festive you are.

 

There does need to be a certain level of safety kept in mind like not letting kids wander around alone and checking candy before letting them eat it and whatnot but having a good time should never be something to be quelled as long as people are being safe.

[The Diver 760]

I like Halloween because it's the one night of the year you can scare people and get away with it. Halloween is especially fun with friends during your high school years.

 

I just don't like it when holidays shut down plenty of businesses. I panicked when my car battery blew on me and I couldn't find a parts store that was open on Christmas Eve here!

[Kiri 7,288]

I like Halloween because of the candy. I don't always dress up, and usually stay at home giving treats to the children...But mostly eating candy.

[cmarston1 5,959]

I haven't really done a lot to celebrate Halloween these past few years, but I think I might would like to see if I could do some more this year.

[Guest]

I love halloween, even though it's not a big deal here, I love the theme. No school -> Good day in my opinion aswell. So no, I don't dislike them.

Edited September 23, 2016 by Guest

[Sphinx-Ara 3,569]

I dislike what they have become.

The Catholic church stole many of their holidays from the wiccans,

i.e Christmas = originally Yuletide, the wiccan festival celebration Winter, Easter = originally Betlaine, the wiccan holiday celebrity the spring equinox and fertility, halloween = All Hallows Eve, Day of the Dead etc...

 

The Catholic church stole the wiccan holidays and put their bs meanings to them. And even now, it's just as bad because they're all just corporate shill holidays to sell crap

[Discordian 6,015]

I like Halloween because it's the one night of the year you can scare people and get away with it. Halloween is especially fun with friends during your high school years.

 

I just don't like it when holidays shut down plenty of businesses. I panicked when my car battery blew on me and I couldn't find a parts store that was open on Christmas Eve here!

I hate this. I don't think any business should be closed for an entire day unless they absolutely need it. There's always going to be people who are okay with working on holidays.

I dislike what they have become.

The Catholic church stole many of their holidays from the wiccans,

i.e Christmas = originally Yuletide, the wiccan festival celebration Winter, Easter = originally Betlaine, the wiccan holiday celebrity the spring equinox and fertility, halloween = All Hallows Eve, Day of the Dead etc...

 

The Catholic church stole the wiccan holidays and put their bs meanings to them. And even now, it's just as bad because they're all just corporate shill holidays to sell crap

Hey, I like the corporate side of holidays that gets me hella sales on things I want.

[Megas 27,567]

As Hank Hill once said, "Halloween is good clean fun, it's got nothing to do with the Devil"

 

As for the candy part, kid's are almost always supervised, I see no problem

Edited September 23, 2016 by Megas

[Black Sabbath 2,486]

The Catholic church stole many of their holidays from the wiccans,

They did absolutely not.  

 

Sure, they "stole" plenty of holidays from various other religions, but wicca wasn't one of them. 

[Sphinx-Ara 3,569]

They did absolutely not.  

 

Sure, they "stole" plenty of holidays from various other religions, but wicca wasn't one of them. 

Wicca is! I'm guessing you're a Catholic? and by Wicca i basically mean Pagan, as yuletide and beltaine are both wiccan/pagan holidays

[Kyoshi Frost Wolf 41,328]

You are incorrect on that by the way. As far as I know, Halloween is entirely Pagan in origin and frankly, there is nothing wrong with that. All of those other things you mentioned about Halloween, it is all good fun. It is just people having a good time. That is what all holidays are. Technically, holidays are no different than any other day, but the human race has decided to make them into something different, for fun and enjoyment.

 

Sure, there are some holidays I am not into, but the concept of holidays is something I like.

[Gestum 2,493]

I don't celebrate Halloween but I can certainly see the point of it. Who doesn't want to get free candy? 

 

 

 

The Catholic church stole many of their holidays from the wiccans,

 How? Wiccans weren't around until the 20th century while the Catholic church have been around since the 1sth century. Did the pope have a time machine or what? 

 

 

 

Christmas = originally Yuletide, the wiccan festival celebration Winter,

Yuletide has absolutely nothing to do with wiccans. It was a old Nordic/Germanic celebration and it was in no way celebrated by wiccans because wiccans didn't exist back then.

 

 

 

Easter = originally Betlaine, the wiccan holiday celebrity the spring equinox and fertility,

Actually, Easter is the christian version of Pesach and it has nothing to do with wiccans.

 

 

 

halloween = All Hallows Eve, Day of the Dead etc...

1. The Catholic church did not create halloween nor have they ever claimed that they did. 

2. Neither of those two have anything to do with wiccans. 

[Sphinx-Ara 3,569]

Okay, so I was wrong in one aspect that being the Easter holiday one, but here is something that a friend told me about it all:

 

Christmas was quite deliberately placed by the Early Church at the Roman feast of Sol Invictus, a couple of days after the Winter Solstice, to ease converts over to the idea of celebrating a Christian holy day instead of a pagan one - not that Christmas had nearly the importance back then that it does now. (That only happened from about the 18th Century btw.) But it *was* a bit like the head of the school dance committee intentionally scheduling the Yr 12 formal to happen on the night of your 18th birthday, just to be a bitch. ;-) 

Easter is a different story. It is based on the Jewish Passover tradition. It has nothing to do with Beltane, period. Beltane is a Celtic fire festival celbrated midway between the sun-based spring equinox and summer solstice, while the date of Easter (and Passover) changes each year according to a lunar cycle. 

Passover has its (pre-Biblical) origins in a blood rite meant to protect the home, and it also - arguably - became associated with a Canaanite agricultural festival that celebrated the barley festival in the Spring. So - different dates, different cycles, different cultures.

There IS a superficial similarity between Easter, with its theme of Resurrection, and the Spring Equinox, with its theme of Renewal after the winter. And the name 'Easter' comes from the name of a Roman/Germanic goddess - but most European countries name the day 'pascha' or 'paques' or similar, 'cos again, Passover.

[Discordian 6,015]

Taking any sort of information "from a friend" without even bothering to check your facts first is a quick way to be very, very wrong.

[Ziggy + Angel + Rain 11,302]

I like Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.

 

If you've yet to become a cynical, miserable adult (and that isn't necessarily decided by age), Halloween is a fun day of dress-up and a little mostly-harmless indulgence.  Monsters, super heroes, and everything in between are the stuff of imagination.

 

Thanksgiving is another day of, I think, forgivable self-indulgence, as it's potentially an excuse to spend time with a number of loved ones.  Maybe even a chance to sit at the same table and enjoy each other's company; preferably while shoveling as much turkey into your mouth as you can between anecdotes.

 

Christmas, if you celebrate it, is the day that you probably get presents and probably give some to others; I like both ends of this exchange program.  You fret about what you should get this or that person, and you hope that the gift with your name on it isn't a sweater.  (Actually, my brother got me an amazing Christmas-themed Cthulhu sweater last year, which I intend to climb into once the temperature dips in the coming months.)

 

Those are my big three.  Give out candy, give out food, give out presents.  Provided you don't look at them with a cynical eye, all three are about sharing.  Though I'm not overly fond of Flag Day or Arbor Day...  Those are still days, right?