tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5310981.post3450670877136111638..comments2024-03-04T07:45:15.155-07:00Comments on Hackman's Musings: The War on Halloween?Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12494823779999456396noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5310981.post-50396628317454603792011-11-16T08:18:22.641-07:002011-11-16T08:18:22.641-07:00We are a funny race of humans!We are a funny race of humans!Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04148676728860411325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5310981.post-72664499221125281572011-11-02T22:16:11.853-06:002011-11-02T22:16:11.853-06:00I like this. Celebrating Halloween was never part...I like this. Celebrating Halloween was never part of Australian culture but in recent years we've picked it up from you guys along with its attendant controversy.<br /><br />What's funny about this is that halloween is actually a Christian festival - All Hallows Eve, the day before All Saints Day, in which prayers are said for the dead and especially those whose souls are in purgatory. Some believe and some deny that it's date was set over the date of the pre-Christian festival celebrating the end of summer and the onset of the cold months.<br /><br />And to make it funnier, Christmas was also apparently set on the date of the Roman festival of Saturnalia, the festival of Saturn, father of the Olympian gods. I know some Christians who refuse to celebrate Christmas for this reason.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11272544252649766985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5310981.post-68392948798497018982011-10-31T08:05:26.466-06:002011-10-31T08:05:26.466-06:00Thanks for this post - love it! It's hard for...Thanks for this post - love it! It's hard for me to belive now, but I used to be right there with those conservative Christians... these days diversity is becoming more beautiful to me all the time.Maehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00213478941718396012noreply@blogger.com