Discover the secrets of the Celts


Evil Ritual or Good Clean Fun?

Every year in early October, Halloween props,rifled through some of the "good stuff" for
decorations, and costumes begin to fill thethemselves). You remember hayrides, costume
entrances and isles of malls, departmentsparties, and visiting the local make-shift
stores, and even grocery stores.haunted house or haunted woods. You watched
Advertisements for haunted houses, costumeHalloween television specials and just had a
parties, and other events start popping uplot of fun with your friends and have special
everywhere. As we are reminded of thememories  of  this  scary  holiday.
Halloween season, the argument about
Halloween starts brewing. Is Halloween aEvil  Tradition
wicked ritual based on satanism and
witchcraft or is it a time to have harmlessWhile many people find no harm in Halloween,
fun  with  friends?  The  debate  continues.there are also many that avoid any activity
or get together that has anything to do with
Halloween is celebrated every year on theHalloween. Many believe that the origins of
evening of October 31st. Many people loveHalloween are based on satanic rituals and
Halloween time and enjoy dressing up as theirwitchcraft and any participation or
favorite character, taking their kidscelebration in Halloween activities is
trick-or-treating, eating candy, and going tocondoning witchcraft, satanism, and other
costume parties and think of it as just cleanevil  based  traditions.
fun. However, other people think of Halloween
as an evil ritual based on satanic practicesConflicting  Beliefs
and should be avoided at all costs. This
brings up an interesting debate with manyThere are many conflicting beliefs on the
passionate and heated arguments on each sidehistory of Halloween. One belief is that it
of  the  issue.began as a Celtic pagan festival originally
named Samhain in Ireland where Celtic priests
Simply  Good  Clean  Fun(known as Druids) performed rituals by
offering sacrifices or crops, animals, and
If you are like many people, you have fondsupposedly even humans to please the gods.
memories of Halloween as you were growing up.This was done to ensure the sun would return
You remember picking out the costume of yourwhen the winter season ended and the evil
favorite super hero or your mother making aspirits would be scared away. Another belief
scary ghost outfit made of a white sheet withis that much of the information about the
some holes cut out for the eyes. With aorigins of Halloween are based on
little plastic jack-o-lantern or paper sack,inaccuracies, myths, and other fiction and
you journeyed about the neighborhood withthat no historical proofs link Halloween to
your friends going door to door quoting thesatanism  or  witchcraft.
well known phrase "trick or treat". You
couldn't wait to see what kind of candy orSo, is Halloween an wicked ritual? Is it
treat you would get. Sometimes you would eatclean fun? Is it what we make of it now
some of the candy as you wandered theregardless of it's origins? Should we avoid
neighborhood even though your parents toldit at all costs? Should we celebrate it as a
you to save it until you got home where theytime of plentiful harvest? What is your
could ration your consumption (while theyopinion? The debate continues...



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