Halloween A Big Day for you as a kid?
Was Trick or Treat popular when you were a kid? I think it’s changed a lot since Covid as hardly anybody comes to my door. What was your favorite candy to get when you went trick or treating?
61-69, M
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yestestvennaya · 22-25, F
They don't celebrate Halloween where I'm from. My parents didn't celebrate, rest of my family do not celebrate it. It has never been a part of my life.
I see it and know the history. Yet I wonder why you celebrate it. It was a festival for the pagan Celts, then adopted by Christianity, and it is now a day for Westerners to spend money on candy and costumes. The spiritual meaning is null and void. There is no harvest to celebrate. There are no spirits to appease and keep at bay for the winter. No saints to worship. Nothing.
I see it and know the history. Yet I wonder why you celebrate it. It was a festival for the pagan Celts, then adopted by Christianity, and it is now a day for Westerners to spend money on candy and costumes. The spiritual meaning is null and void. There is no harvest to celebrate. There are no spirits to appease and keep at bay for the winter. No saints to worship. Nothing.
SomeMichGuy · M
@yestestvennaya You are quite the hit at parties, aren't you?
4thdimensiondream · 61-69, M
@yestestvennaya just a fun day. Nobody really cares what it really means. Kids and adults love it.
SomeMichGuy · M
@4thdimensiondream I think people need holidays sprinkled through the year, and that helps maintain community and mark time.
yestestvennaya · 22-25, F
@SomeMichGuy My parents were Jews. And southern Russia doesn't care for Halloween.
Having moved to foreign land, I was invited by schoolmate to collect candy with her. My parents refused. They said no, no, no.
Having moved to foreign land, I was invited by schoolmate to collect candy with her. My parents refused. They said no, no, no.