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Reply to "Do they have Halloween parties at Oakland Terrace ES?"
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[quote=Anonymous]Yeah the problem is the kids (mostly Hispanic but also Muslim) who don't celebrate Halloween. I'm not saying those students are problems but particularly in the Hispanic evangelical christian community Halloween is seen as "satanic." I have has numerous students and the friends of my children say that Halloween is "the devil's birthday." I think the Muslim children just don't celebrate any other religions holidays, however distanced from religion they now are. It sucks because Halloween as it is celebrated by mainstream americans is not satanic. Why these religious organizations have seized on this idea I'm not sure. But it's cultura/religious. So the kids who don't celebrate the holiday have an alternative "festival" in a different room and then there is the "fall festival" for everyone else that is a Halloween party. The devil's birthday business really bothers me because it's so far from the truth it's ridiculous. [/quote]
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