This is supposed to be a Halloween witch!

Karen22

I don't believe in Halloween, why celebrate something that's so dark ? People think it's harmless and a bit of fun I totally disagree . We should be teaching our children the beauty of light and Jesus Christ

Do you believe in an afterlife?

the origins of Halloween go back thousands of years to the Celtic celebration of Samhain (pronounced "sow-win"), a festival that marked the end of the harvest season and ushered in a new year. During Samhain, the veil between the worlds of the living and the dead was thought to be especially thin, so people could communicate with loved ones who had passed on.

Yes I certainly do, there's a heaven and a hell and I believe once you die there's no coming back

Karen22
"Halloween" is linked to All Saints Day with "All Hallows" in Old English meaning "the feast of the saints."

"Hallow" means to make holy and so the evening before the saints are venerated/made holy is "All Hallows Eve".
All Saints day is November 1st.
The Christian church has taken over the earlier rituals and made them their own.
I expect you know this really?

I went to a Catholic school and we had 3 days of special prayers starting on the day before All Hallows/All Saints day.

"Hallowed" is used in The Lord's Prayer.
It doesn't have to be dark.

NotSpaghetti

Karen22
"Halloween" is linked to All Saints Day with "All Hallows" in Old English meaning "the feast of the saints."

"Hallow" means to make holy and so the evening before the saints are venerated/made holy is "All Hallows Eve".
All Saints day is November 1st.
The Christian church has taken over the earlier rituals and made them their own.
I expect you know this really?

I went to a Catholic school and we had 3 days of special prayers starting on the day before All Hallows/All Saints day.

"Hallowed" is used in The Lord's Prayer.
It doesn't have to be dark.

I also went to a Catholic school. We recognised the 3 days as All Hallows Eve (Halloween) All Saints day and then All Souls Day. Did you not celebrate All Souls Day, the day when we remember the faithful departed?

theworriedwell

NotSpaghetti

Karen22
"Halloween" is linked to All Saints Day with "All Hallows" in Old English meaning "the feast of the saints."

"Hallow" means to make holy and so the evening before the saints are venerated/made holy is "All Hallows Eve".
All Saints day is November 1st.
The Christian church has taken over the earlier rituals and made them their own.
I expect you know this really?

I went to a Catholic school and we had 3 days of special prayers starting on the day before All Hallows/All Saints day.

"Hallowed" is used in The Lord's Prayer.
It doesn't have to be dark.

I also went to a Catholic school. We recognised the 3 days as All Hallows Eve (Halloween) All Saints day and then All Souls Day. Did you not celebrate All Souls Day, the day when we remember the faithful departed?

Sorry misread that, I thought you were saying the three days started the day before All Hallows Eve not All Hallows Day.

I need to go to specsavers!

No problem!
I just went back to check and misread it at first too!

NotSpaghetti

No problem!
I just went back to check and misread it at first too!

Lol. Must be our Catholic education.

I thought that once we are dead then that’s it!

oh, that witch is very cute!