Is Halloween a secular holiday?

Answer 1

Halloween can be celebrated either as a secular or a religious holiday. It can be a simple celebration of the harvest, or it can honored as a time when the barriers between the realms of the living and the dead are thinnest (hence the death, ghosts and magic connection to the holiday).

Answer 2

As far as i know it's a pagan holiday, so no, it is not a secular holiday. However, much like Christmas has become today it can be celebrated in a secular fashion.

Barbie... I really hope you know that your religion isn't the only one there is.

Answer 3

Hey Barbie, research before you answer.
First of all you think christmas is ANY holier. They picked Dec. 25, because that is the winter solstice, a pagan holiday.
and HAlloween is All Hallows Eve, the EVE of ALL SAINTS DAY!!!!!
ask any other christian, and they will tell you the same thing, Halloween has NOTHING to do with paganism, more or less, just farmers, the BIGGEST harvest day of the year, candy companies utilized that and made it into a commercial holiday, Christmas is more along the pagan rituals, funny what you worship huh?

Answer 4

These days, it is celebrated as a secular holiday by the majority of people.

I personally find this time of year spiritual. Celebrate the earth and the harvest.

Answer 5

if u are wiccan,its a religious holiday.if ur not wiccan,its a non-religious holiday.if ur catholic,it can be argued that its a religious holiday-oct 31 all hallows(Holy people) eve,nov 1 is all saints day,nov2 is for the souls of all the dead,not just saints-its known as all souls day.these holidays are still celebrated in the church.ps-tracey is confused.guy falkes day celebrates the infamous "gunpowder" plot,by guy falkes,against charles 1 of england.it had nothing to do with witches,etc.,and in fact,takes place in november,seperate from anything relating to halloween or catholic souls days.guy falkes celebrates that the plot to blow up king charles 1 was foiled .or maybe it was king charles 2-one of the charlies,but nothing to do with halloween,anyway !!!!!

Answer 6

Yes,

People keep forgetting that where there is good, evil tries to duplicate in its own style.

Where their is a Good God their is a Bad Devil that tries to duplicate everything God has to promote truth.

The devil is known to promote decent, lies, and treachery.

So if God Celebrates , Guess who wants to celebrate too?

At Christmas children are not threatened or sacrificed, but children are made happy because they are showered with gifts.

Halloween promotes whats, stories of blood-shed, Scary, sneaking etc.

It's Good verses evil. You decide

Answer 7

Yes !!! It first came to being with Guy Fawkes and the bon fire. It celebrates witches worlocks andthe underground - BUT remember the part in the New testament when demons came and said 'Jesus we know, Paul we know, but who are you?' Poor satan worshipers, their god does not even know them. The evil beings ie Satan and demons only know one when one becomes a Christian and has accepted Jesus into their lives, Why would they worry about the ones that are already Hell-bound?

Answer 8

yes! There is nothing about christ on halloween. Holiday=holy day

Answer 9

dankspit u need to do the research they did not pick dec 25 bc of the winter thing they choose it because its christ jesus' birth day u clutz

Answer 10

http://www.smart.net/~mmontes/ushols.html

here you go