Will there be an easter sale?

[gooning rn]

I don't know if there ever was one. But if so, will it take place this year, and when

[wuddih]

there was never one.

[josefhms]

Originally posted by Herr Hauptmann:

I don't know if there ever was one. But if so, will it take place this year, and when

It is not yet known, there was no comment on this subject, but it is possible that they still show something about it, there is still time.

[blunus]

There were no easter sales in April. The next two events are Spring Cleaning event in May (not a sale) and Summer sale in June.

[josefhms]

Originally posted by wuddih:

there was never one.

It's true, but this issue has already been voted on the forum

[Crazy Tiger]

Originally posted by Ethan YHVH:

Originally posted by wuddih:

there was never one.

It's true, but this issue has already been voted on the forum

Valve doesn't do religiously themed sales, so there will not be an Easter sale.

Publishers will make games available on discounts as usual, as there are sales on Steam every single day.

[VisciousFishes]

Originally posted by Crazy Tiger:

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Valve doesn't do religiously themed sales, so there will not be an Easter sale.

1) Christmas sales (masquerading as Winter Sale but runs for pretty much 12 days of christmas + a few days.) And it always ends the night before my birthday!

2) Lunar New Year Sale, happens nearly every year. It even has animal cards and extras based on the Chinese Horoscope.

3) Halloween sale (night before All Saints day (Christian Celebration) or November 1st). Halloween is the culturally appropriated Pagan and Wiccan traditions.

But no, you are right there are no sales that coincide with any religious holiday.

[Crazy Tiger]

Originally posted by Bob's on Drums:

Originally posted by Crazy Tiger:

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Valve doesn't do religiously themed sales, so there will not be an Easter sale.

1) Christmas sales (masquerading as Winter Sale but runs for pretty much 12 days of christmas + a few days.) And it always ends the night before my birthday!

2) Lunar New Year Sale, happens nearly every year. It even has animal cards and extras based on the Chinese Horoscope.

3) Halloween sale (night before All Saints day (Christian Celebration) or November 1st). Halloween is the culturally appropriated Pagan and Wiccan traditions.

But no, you are right there are no sales that coincide with any religious holiday.

1) Winter sale is not religiously themed
2) Lunar year is not religious
3) That one I forgot about, yes.

[VisciousFishes]

Originally posted by Crazy Tiger:

1) Winter sale is not religiously themed
2) Lunar year is not religious
3) That one I forgot about, yes.

1) While not religiously based it's timing does suggest it's to take advantage of a religious event. I hasten to add that there are three religious festivals during the Winter Sale that I can think of.

2) The lunar new year is based on the Buddhist religion. Hence the animals. The animalistic years are based upon the legend of Buddha and the animals that visited him in the end times of his life.

3) Yeah, easy one to miss if I am honest. You need to research that one a bit more to appreciate the religious connotations tied to that date. All Hallows Eve, the night before All Hallows Day or All Saints Day.

[Aachen]

“Halloween” is a pagan/wiccan holiday? I’ve yet to meet any adherents claiming that.

[VisciousFishes]

Originally posted by Aachen:

“Halloween” is a pagan/wiccan holiday? I’ve yet to meet any adherents claiming that.

My wife is a practicing Wiccan. And its Samhain (Halloween is the Christian adaptation), a festival to celebrate the beginning of a new cycle. It marks the first days of Winter and the last Harvest of the year.

[Aachen]

Samhain is not the same as Halloween, however. A sale for Halloween is not a “Samhain sale” just as with the winter sale. Halloween is secular.

[VisciousFishes]

Originally posted by Aachen:

Samhain is not the same as Halloween, however.

No, that's because Halloween is a bastardisation of the pagan festival.

[VisciousFishes]

Originally posted by Aachen:

Samhain is not the same as Halloween, however. A sale for Halloween is not a “Samhain sale” just as with the winter sale. Halloween is secular.

Stealth edit.

[VisciousFishes]

Originally posted by Aachen:

Samhain is not the same as Halloween, however. A sale for Halloween is not a “Samhain sale” just as with the winter sale. Halloween is secular.

To be fair - and it's a conversation that goes well beyond the scope of a steam discussion.

Pretty much any and all Christian festivals, be it Easter, Christmas etc, essentially have their roots in the old, old Celtic and Pagan beliefs of pre 495 A.D. when St Augustine brought Christianity to the UK.

[Aachen]

Originally posted by Bob's on Drums:

No, that's because Halloween is a bastardisation of the pagan festival.

If we’re gonna use a word like “bastardize,” care to demonstrate when either wicca or “Paganism” was an actual, dogmatic, practiced religion, rather than a modern revival/reïmagining of fragmantarily-remembered historical practices?