What Do You All Think Of Halloween?

[Wayne Jude]

no you know I love you very much,sister

[nessuno]

I can't wait until this coming Wednesday.
I get to spend the afternoon with one very happy child.
She loves being dressed up.  She loves visiting her neighbors.
She loves collecting candy(most of which she hates to eat).
This year she insist on dressing up her puppy(which I will hate to do to a puppy).


I wonder how long it will last before he tears his costume off.  

I agree with Scriabin.  It is a day for children to be children.
Nothing more.
That being said...I can respect our Jewish members who have made me see why they might not want to celebrate it.

[Kiwi]

no you know I love you very much,sister

Thank you brother 

[Wayne Jude]

Peace , :)IM falling asleep!Shalom!

[Kiwi]

Good Night, be well 

[Wayne Jude]

you guys to!

[Wayne Jude]

SCR Hello I agree with you take care bro.The family here is going to sleep so I say nite.

[Wayne Jude]

Yes most are already ,you have a nice nite!My wife falls out first then the kids then me and you know dogs.....They never really sleep!

[takebackourtemple]

   JTF sort of is trick or treat. JTF succeeding in saving Israel and the US would be a nice treat, however, since people don't support it, third world monsters probably will deliver nasty tricks.

[Kiwi]

I put yes I seen more bad things happen from that than good. And I hate seeing the stuff being sold in the shops here
Bad bad bad practice! 

Where do you live?

Australia, and thank G-d its seen as an American thing and slow to be adopted.

Aussies couldn't possibly understand.  Its an American thing. 

Well its not an American thing they just stole it and used it to have easy access to little children on the street.

Don't be silly.  Halloween is an American creation, for American people.

This is like what would happen if you took 10,000 kangaroos and transplanted them to Arizona.  They might survive, but something wouldn't be just right.

G-d you are so friggin easy 

Halloween's origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced sow-in).
The Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago in the area that is now Ireland, the United Kingdom, and northern France, celebrated their new year on November 1. This day marked the end of summer and the harvest and the beginning of the dark, cold winter, a time of year that was often associated with human death. Celts believed that on the night before the new year, the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred. On the night of October 31, they celebrated Samhain, when it was believed that the ghosts of the dead returned to earth. In addition to causing trouble and damaging crops, Celts thought that the presence of the otherworldly spirits made it easier for the Druids, or Celtic priests, to make predictions about the future. For a people entirely dependent on the volatile natural world, these prophecies were an important source of comfort and direction during the long, dark winter.
To commemorate the event, Druids built huge sacred bonfires, where the people gathered to burn crops and animals as sacrifices to the Celtic deities.
During the celebration, the Celts wore costumes, typically consisting of animal heads and skins, and attempted to tell each other's fortunes. When the celebration was over, they re-lit their hearth fires, which they had extinguished earlier that evening, from the sacred bonfire to help protect them during the coming winter.
By C.E.  43, Romans had conquered the majority of Celtic territory. In the course of the four hundred years that they ruled the Celtic lands, two festivals of Roman origin were combined with the traditional Celtic celebration of Samhain.
The first was Feralia, a day in late October when the Romans traditionally commemorated the passing of the dead. The second was a day to honor Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit and trees. The symbol of Pomona is the apple and the incorporation of this celebration into Samhain probably explains the tradition of "bobbing" for apples that is practiced today on Halloween.
By the 800s, the influence of Christianity had spread into Celtic lands. In the seventh century, Pope Boniface IV designated November 1 All Saints' Day, a time to honor saints and martyrs. It is widely believed today that the pope was attempting to replace the Celtic festival of the dead with a related, but church-sanctioned holiday. The celebration was also called All-hallows or All-hallowmas (from Middle English Alholowmesse meaning All Saints' Day) and the night before it, the night of Samhain, began to be called All-hallows Eve and, eventually, Halloween. Even later, in C.E.  1000, the church would make November 2 All Souls' Day, a day to honor the dead. It was celebrated similarly to Samhain, with big bonfires, parades, and dressing up in costumes as saints, angels, and devils. Together, the three celebrations, the eve of All Saints', All Saints', and All Souls', were called Hallowmas.
 

I'm talking about the American definition of Halloween, not some historical jargon with no relevance to this discussion.

I'm talking about kids, dressed in costumes, going out at night for fun.

Nice piece of editing work 

The damage is done.

I quoted you and have your comments, whats been said is said.

A man would stand by his words, not attack a women run hide and try and cover them up.

But since you can't rest well with the knowledge of your deeds,

I forgive you little one.

Go in peace.

[Wayne Jude]

This topic caused a lot of controversy!

[kellymaureen]

Im too old to trick or treat but I will be handing out candy

[Wayne Jude]

I don't want to get shot!LOL

[Kiwi]

If the little kiddies can scale over my double fences, weave between my guard dogs and survive long enough to ring the bell, that would be a trick 

[Wayne Jude]

Or treat for the pups!

[Kiwi]

Knowing my luck they just want to play with the kiddies 

In truth they can be very useless.

The are trained solely as adult guard dogs, they are trained to drop and roll over for kids. 

[Wayne Jude]

Ahhhhh!

[Kiwi]

Well two are Pet therapy dogs for childern, they go into the schools and also the hospital childrens ward to visit the sick kids, and babies.

 

[Wayne Jude]

you have 5 right?

[Kiwi]

Now I have 5 last week I had 7, two have finished their training and are working in a new home. 

[Wayne Jude]

Are you one of those sick dog lovers or something,WHy don't you people find your own websites to spam.LOL

[Kiwi]

Are you one of those sick dog lovers or something,WHy don't you people find your own websites to spam.LOL

 

[Joe Schmo]

I'm talking about the American definition of Halloween, not some historical jargon with no relevance to this discussion.

I'm talking about kids, dressed in costumes, going out at night for fun.

You're a troll.  This is my opinion.

Nice piece of editing work 
The damage is done.
I quoted you and have your comments, whats been said is said.
A man would stand by his words, not attack a women run hide and try and cover them up.
But since you can't rest well with the knowledge of your deeds,
I forgive you little one.
Go in peace.

Yawn. 

[Wayne Jude]

LOL!yawn

[Joe Gutfeld]

I know it's not a popular holiday here, but, I want to wish my fellow JTFers a

HAPPY HOLLOWEEN!!!

TRICK OR TREAT!!

BOO!!