I do agree that other holidays have changed overall, but how you celebrate them with family is in your control.anygunanywhere wrote:Halloween used to be more about community with a little about ghosts and goblins and has grown to what I described in previous post.nyj wrote:Since when was Halloween not like that? Must have been that movie "Halloween" in 1978 that changed everything!!anygunanywhere wrote:No. We stopped years ago. We don't care for haloween, and the proliferation of all the broadcast media glorifying demonic forces seems to grow each year at this time. Haloween has morphed into a celebration of darkness.
YMMV.
Anygunanywhere
Mrs Anygun and I used to take gift/treats to all of the neighborhood children instead of handing out candy. Much more personal.
This degradation and loss of meaning has happened to many holidays. Thanksgiging used to really be about giving thanks to God for our blessings. Now it is about football and start of the "holiday shopping sesason". Christmas, celebrating the birth of our Saviour, is now just a holiday season devoted to material posessions.
The word holiday is derived from the term "holy day".
Anygunanywhere
Halloween has always been about terror, blood, guts, gore, scaring people. That's nothing new.
I love Halloween and only celebrate by watching all of the cult classic horror movies.