tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10882921.post3118600991402780740..comments2024-03-17T17:59:44.193+00:00Comments on Bill's Log: Halloween – Take TwoWilliam Serjeanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18419676353659137355noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10882921.post-71728443785260947032012-11-01T15:15:43.996+00:002012-11-01T15:15:43.996+00:00Max,
All good points. Thanks for your input.
A l...Max,<br /><br />All good points. Thanks for your input.<br /><br />A lot depends on where one is coming from. It's a great time for Pagans, and obviously for very many others, but not for me.<br /><br />I don't want to cramp their style - but just air my feelings, and if there is a response, that's great.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />Bill.William Serjeanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18419676353659137355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10882921.post-25123355888816456462012-10-31T19:19:11.380+00:002012-10-31T19:19:11.380+00:00Bill, I sympathise with what you say but lets not ...Bill, I sympathise with what you say but lets not forget that Halloween is All-Hallows'-Eve which is the night-before-All-Saints'- Day. <br /><br />And a celebration much like our Halloween, with bonfires and feasting on apples and nuts and harvest fruits, was part of pagan worship for centuries.<br /><br />Like you I'm not comfortable with the commercialisation of the day, but the association with the dead isn't perhaps something we should reject - for example in Mexico the day of the dead is a very real and glad celebration Bursledon Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14020592383830135476noreply@blogger.com