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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Halloween is most definitely NOT a Christian holiday.[/quote]

Why don't you do a little research before making statements like that?

Christian influences 
 Falling on November 1st and 2nd respectively, collectively they were a time for honoring the Saints and praying for the recently departed who had yet to reach heaven. By the end of the 12th century they had become days of holy obligation across Europe and involved such traditions as ringing bells for the souls in purgatory and "souling", the custom of baking bread or soul cakes for "all crysten [ christened ] souls".[12] It was traditionally believed that the souls of the departed wandered the earth until All Saints Day, and All Hallow's Eve provided one last chance for the dead to gain vengeance on their enemies before moving onto the next world.[13] To avoid being recognised by a soul, Christians would wear masques and costumes to disguise themselves, following the lighted candles set by others to guide their travel for worship the next day.[13] Today, this practice has been perpetuated through trick-or-treating.[13]

In Britain the rituals of Hallowtide and Halloween came under attack during the Reformation as Protestants denounced purgatory as a "popish" doctrine incompatible with the notion of predestination.[11] In addition the increasing popularity of Guy Fawkes Night from 1605 on saw Halloween become eclipsed in Britain with the notable exception of Scotland.[14] There, it is believed, the Kirk took a more pragmatic approach towards Halloween, viewing it as important to the life cycle and rites of passage of local communities and thus ensuring its survival in the country.[14]

North American almanacs of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century give no indication that Halloween was recognized as a holiday.[15] The Puritans of New England, for example, maintained strong opposition to the holiday[15] and it was not until the mass Irish and Scottish immigration during the 19th century that the holiday was introduced to the continent in earnest.[15] Initially confined to the immigrant communities during the mid-nineteenth century, it was gradually assimilated into mainstream society and by the first decade of the twentieth century it was being celebrated coast to coast by people of all social, racial and religious backgrounds.[16]

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it is pagan/wicca-via Ireland Many  Muslims, Jews and Christians won't celebrate Halloween bc of its association with paganism.[/quote]

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