For schools that have banned Halloween

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Serious question, why would a catholic school be ok with Halloween but not public school or a Jewish preschool (see other thread)?

Halloween is All Hallow's Eve, otherwise known as the night before All Saints' Day. So, Halloween has roots in Catholic culture. We Catholics are more than happy to see everyone enjoying it. Many Evangelicals do not celebrate Halloween because they see it as something pagan.
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2019-10/the-catholic-roots-of-halloween-the-vigil-of-all-saints-day.html

The above is true but Catholics like any excuse to have fun and party.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Serious question, why would a catholic school be ok with Halloween but not public school or a Jewish preschool (see other thread)?

Halloween is All Hallow's Eve, otherwise known as the night before All Saints' Day. So, Halloween has roots in Catholic culture. We Catholics are more than happy to see everyone enjoying it. Many Evangelicals do not celebrate Halloween because they see it as something pagan.
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2019-10/the-catholic-roots-of-halloween-the-vigil-of-all-saints-day.html

The above is true but Catholics like any excuse to have fun and party.

Catholics are also really happy to incorporate and adapt pagan rituals. That’s how we got basically all our parties and rituals, except the ones we took from the Jews. It’s called Syncretism and it’s one of my favorite things about being Catholic....your people has a cool custom or fun party? You don’t hs e to give it up to convert! We’ll just sub in our saints for your spirits, our Mother of God for your Nature Mother! It’s like a giant religious melting pot. It’s the kimchi tacos version of religious practice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Serious question, why would a catholic school be ok with Halloween but not public school or a Jewish preschool (see other thread)?

Halloween is All Hallow's Eve, otherwise known as the night before All Saints' Day. So, Halloween has roots in Catholic culture. We Catholics are more than happy to see everyone enjoying it. Many Evangelicals do not celebrate Halloween because they see it as something pagan.
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2019-10/the-catholic-roots-of-halloween-the-vigil-of-all-saints-day.html

The above is true but Catholics like any excuse to have fun and party.

Catholics are also really happy to incorporate and adapt pagan rituals. That’s how we got basically all our parties and rituals, except the ones we took from the Jews. It’s called Syncretism and it’s one of my favorite things about being Catholic....your people has a cool custom or fun party? You don’t hs e to give it up to convert! We’ll just sub in our saints for your spirits, our Mother of God for your Nature Mother! It’s like a giant religious melting pot. It’s the kimchi tacos version of religious practice.

I'd prefer to call it inculturation rather than syncretism. My other favorite Catholic-inspired goofy holiday - Groundhog Day!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:why are schools banning it?

We are at an MCPS ES in Silver Spring that has banned Halloween. It’s a super diverse school and they didn’t want students to feel left out.

No celebration of Halloween at school. Teachers are not allowed to read books about Halloween. No parade. No costumes.

I agree that it’s a bummer because Halloween is kind of a fun day and they should just let the kids who don’t want to participate hang out in the Media Center or something.

This is dumb - so glad I don't live in MoCo. I mean, it's just Halloween. I can understand why there's not a Christmas celebration, but Halloween? Is it really a "celebration" of anything? Admittedly, it's not well-known in other parts of the world, but neither is Thanksgiving (with all due respect to Canada).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:why are schools banning it?

We are at an MCPS ES in Silver Spring that has banned Halloween. It’s a super diverse school and they didn’t want students to feel left out.

No celebration of Halloween at school. Teachers are not allowed to read books about Halloween. No parade. No costumes.

I agree that it’s a bummer because Halloween is kind of a fun day and they should just let the kids who don’t want to participate hang out in the Media Center or something.

This is dumb - so glad I don't live in MoCo. I mean, it's just Halloween. I can understand why there's not a Christmas celebration, but Halloween? Is it really a "celebration" of anything? Admittedly, it's not well-known in other parts of the world, but neither is Thanksgiving (with all due respect to Canada).

I'm this poster - following up the the post about All Hallow's Eve. I'm Catholic, my husband is Catholic, my kid went to Catholic school. I have never once in my 47 years ever heard anyone treat Halloween as a religious holiday or celebration despite what some Bishop in Tulsa sent out (which doesn't really go into the roots of All Hallow's Eve).

[Anonymous]

I miss preschool. That’s when my kids got to do all of that fun stuff.

[Anonymous]

I wish they'd ban all religious holidays, but in our county, we have 123456 different religious holidays already. Pretty soon kids will get the day off for Halloween too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dress as a book character day.

+1 book character/hero