Why do people celebrate Halloween?

[Marcawn]

Kinda a opinion to my self, but Halloween doesn't have a meaning to celebrate it like how something to be remembered, but a immature holiday that gives too much sugar and scaring, "zombies and ghosts" are not real, and people should know that and there shouldn't be a reason to go on somebody's door to knock on for no reason to get sugar while wearing a made costume if somebody doesn't want strangers on their property, I only like October is because of the Autumn and pumpkins (not jack-o-lanterns.), I believe celebrating Halloween is wrong and there should be something to do it about it.

Coming from the guy who only celebrates Thanksgiving & New Years by the way.

[Freaky Washington]

in a more general sense, people only celebrate holidays because society sets some days aside for thematic festivities and they feel a light obligation to contribute to them.

to speak of halloween specifically, it's something vaguely to do with celebrating the spirits of the deceased, but nobody really cares about that part.

at the end of the day its just a thing that you can either choose to celebrate or not, same with any other holiday.

[=CrimsoN=]

Because its fun. Besides Thanksgiving, Halloween is the only other holiday that I actually care about. I used to live in Salem, Massachusetts and that place was the Halloween capital of the world (because of the Witch trials). Thousands would flock to the city and it was generally a fun time. The entire city would shut down Halloween night and adults and children would flock to the street for the festivities. It's just pure fun.

Unlike other holidays there isn't any stress associated with Halloween (like Christmas). At least not for me. I love Halloween.

[Azza ☠]

"Hallow" — or holy person — refers to the saints celebrated on All Saints' Day, which is November 1. The "een" part of the word is a contraction of "eve" — or evening before.

So "Halloween" is actually just saying "the night before All Saints' Day".

All Hallow's Eve fell actually on May 13, however Saints got rid of the pagan festival called Samhain, the darker half of the year. Where as the date for Christmas is actually the darkest. A lot of attempting to communicate with the dead, killing sacrifices, and witchcraft.

Yet the first witch was a woman helping child births. So there's yet another side to that story too.

It's a bunch of fear of the unknown, creating evil and then being covered over with good and then clouded back again.

Which is why it's celebrated: Pagan dates overwritten by Christian holidays considering it to be more positive on the darkest times of the year, then covered up with a bunch of non-Christian stuff as well, just like Easter, Christmas, etc. People are clueless knowing that Santa is real, but actually St Nick, etc. If you dig deep enough, you can actually find a real history story of a real person behind it, without all the crazy fairy tales thrown on top, some people actually known and teach to their children for morals and ethical values.

In Mexico, it's "Día de Muertos" (Day of the Dead) and a three-day celebration. On October 31, All Hallows Eve, the children make a children's altar to invite the angelitos (spirits of dead children) to come back for a visit. November 1 is All Saints Day, and the adult spirits will come to visit. November 2 is All Souls Day, when families go to the cemetery to decorate the graves and tombs of their relatives.

Anyways, you get to pick how to celebrate it - greed or valves. Children enjoy it, running around getting candy from strangers, when told for the rest of the year to avoid doing such things.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samhain
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Saints%27_Day
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_Dead
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Souls%27_Day

Short answer: Religion asides, if you put it all together, most people use the day as remembering and giving respect to the dead.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Q0sMOQvJuw

[GunsForBucks]

A bar near me would have a costume contest. Winner gets $500, that was years ago.

I used to enjoy watching the kids come for candy and see what they wear <trippy stuff>. Would help friends with kids carve pumpkins as a social thing.

Basically for fun. Most people are not satanic or whatever, that's more edgy kid stuff.

The last few years though they don't let kids go door to door anymore and were doing these parking lot things where kids would go from trunk to trunk... more like a Grateful Dead concert parking lot. This year I don't know what people will do beyond decorate homes.

I enjoy decorating mine but I started putting up my Halloween stuff when the virus hit months ago. Death party and whole world is invited ha ha ha.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

It is a party holiday where you can pretend to be anything you want to be and possibly find that 1 special nut just like you pretending to be the same thing.

[JobeGardener]

Evil is the most celebrated thing in our society.

[Blargo]

No special reason, it's just a local tradition.
Why you think it's "wrong" and "something needs to be done about it" is beyond me.

[CookieClicker :)]

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No special reason, it's just a local tradition.
Why you think it's "wrong" and "something needs to be done about it" is beyond me.

This is the same guy who thinks that CS:GO should be banned because reasons.

Keep that in mind.

[Ⓥenom Ⓢnake 🐍]

I literally have a Halloween themed thread that had a discussion about the origins of the holiday and how it's original traditions carried over.

it's a holiday that carries over from Gaelic tradition just like Christmas.

[GunsForBucks]

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I literally have a Halloween themed thread that had a discussion about the origins of the holiday and how it's original traditions carried over.

it's a holiday that carries over from Gaelic tradition just like Christmas.

But it isn't as though most people care about the tradition of Halloween ... its all about kids and candy and dressing up. I kind of pity the kids that might be taken aside and all that crap is explained to them in detail.

[𒈒kaiyan𒈒]

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It is a party holiday where you can pretend to be anything you want to be.

:taloslol:

Indeed this is probably the biggest reason why this holiday exists and why people celebrate it that and free candy. 🍭

[Ⓥenom Ⓢnake 🐍]

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Escrito originalmente por Ⓥenom Ⓢnake 🐍:

I literally have a Halloween themed thread that had a discussion about the origins of the holiday and how it's original traditions carried over.

it's a holiday that carries over from Gaelic tradition just like Christmas.

But it isn't as though most people care about the tradition of Halloween ... its all about kids and candy and dressing up. I kind of pity the kids that might be taken aside and all that crap is explained to them in detail.

What kind of horrible things are these?

The Irish Scottish and the manx did nothing wrong on their New year's they celebrated the passing of those who gone beyond the veil. They offered their loved ones gifts and treats keep them happy. They burn candles to keep away the ones who were malevolent. They dressed in masks to fool those spirits.

They were more respectful of the deceased than anyone here has a right to claim. Samhain was a remembrance of what we lost and to celebrate the greatness of their lives.

[F]

simple, it is because of the candies

[BanOphobia My Struggle]

Anything to sell some crap to people I suppose? We bought two Thor rip off hammers. They was in the Halloween section of the mart (don't know why)? We intend to whack a light weight soccer ball with them this weekend when the G/kids turn up. My sons calling it hammer ball.

[GunsForBucks]

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But it isn't as though most people care about the tradition of Halloween ... its all about kids and candy and dressing up. I kind of pity the kids that might be taken aside and all that crap is explained to them in detail.

What kind of horrible things are these?

The Irish Scottish and the manx did nothing wrong on their New year's they celebrated the passing of those who gone beyond the veil. They offered their loved ones gifts and treats keep them happy. They burn candles to keep away the ones who were malevolent. They dressed in masks to fool those spirits.

They were more respectful of the deceased than anyone here has a right to claim. Samhain was a remembrance of what we lost and to celebrate the greatness of their lives.

It may come as a surprise to you but some families don't want to discuss death with their kids until they get older. And then on the other side you get some other people teaching their kids it's all evil etc.... I personally don't care... but I think kids should just enjoy the fun of it and not be indoctrinated to anything.