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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree with you too, OP. If I were to move my family to India, I absolutely would expect them to celebrate Diwali in school. Or for it not to be taboo. Why can’t the same be said for Halloween and Valentines?[/quote]

I am a longtime teacher.  Almost every child I taught whose parents kept them out on Halloween was African American.  They weren’t people who moved their families to this country, they were part of a uniquely American culture.  [/quote]

I’m trying to understand this as well. I have some neighbors that do not celebrate Halloween but celebrate other religious holidays like Valentines no problem. First they are also Christians, but Protestants I notice. Also they seem to think Halloween is a celebration of the devil or of evil. And I agree there are some things about Halloween that I don’t particularly care for. So I don’t allow my kids to dress in evil or murder glorifying costumes. Our usual costumes are caped crusaders (pun not intended) like Batman and superheroes. There must be some teaching in the Protestant Christian tradition against it but i don’t know since I’m not Protestant[/quote]

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