If Halloween is such a big deal why don't we get a?

Question

paid holiday?

Answer 1

come over & get some candy little boy....

Answer 2

Don't follow the Joneses....or the Kennedys I should say ...

If adults want to be big kids again : up to them really !

It is ALSO a Christian celebration ! "All Saints Day" !

I know some people who are totally against it : the Hallowe'en thing and will go to church instead.



Halloween (IPA pronunciation: [hælə'win], [hælo'win]) is an observance celebrated on the night of October 31, most notably by children dressing in costumes and going door-to-door collecting candy. It is celebrated in much of the Western world, though most common in the United States, Puerto Rico, Republic of Ireland, the United Kingdom, Canada, and with increasing popularity in Australia and New Zealand. Halloween originated in Ireland as the pagan Celtic harvest festival, Samhain. Irish, Scots and other immigrants brought older versions of the tradition to North America in the 19th century. Most other Western countries have embraced Halloween as a part of American pop culture in the late 20th century.

The term Halloween, and its older spelling Hallowe'en, is shortened from All-hallow-even, as it is the evening before "All Hallows Day"[1] (also known as "All Saints' Day"). In Ireland, the name was All Hallows Eve (often shortened to Hallow Eve), and though seldomly used today, it is still a well accepted label. Halloween was also sometimes called All Saints' Eve. The holiday was a day of religious festivities in various northern European pagan traditions, until it was appropriated by Christian missionaries and given a Christian interpretation. In Mexico November 1st and 2nd are celebrated as the "Día de Los Muertos" (Day of the Dead). Halloween is also called Pooky Night in some parts of Ireland, presumably named after the púca, a mischievous spirit. In Australia it is sometimes referred to as "mischief night", by locals.

Halloween is sometimes associated with the occult. Many European cultural traditions hold that Halloween is one of the liminal times of the year when the spiritual world can make contact with the physical world and when magic is most potent (e.g. Catalan mythology about witches).

Answer 3

When the kids are grown, it's not a big deal anymore. But I'll take the paid holiday and eat the chocolate.

Answer 4

I guess because it's not considered a religous holiday by most. And where I'm at, it's not a big holiday, just people like to party and dress up... I wish we got the day off, or maybe the day after to recouperate from staying up all night? LOL

Answer 5

Sore subject. I work on commission, so there are no paid holidays. But I'll fight with you for your right to get paid.

Answer 6

Because it's neither a National holiday nor a Christian one.

Answer 7

cause like everythign else some group would get offended......like Christmas.....can't say merry christmas any more.......it's hapy holidays.........halloween..........can you see the drama that would bring up ??? it's a good idea just world to full of ppl wanting to make everything complicated

Answer 8

Because then no one would get to see you all dressed up! Unless you actually go trick-or-treating....

Answer 9

Damn good question. I want Halloween off so I can get DRUNK!!!

Answer 10

Yea...wheres the humanity????????Dang it anyways!