Fellow Americans what year do you start your Halloween reference point?

Question

1952 Start of National TV broadcasting
1776
1492
1982 Start of MTV
1692
___________

Why?

Year of Aquarius - children of the flower?
If you visit S.F. wear some flowers in your hair. Cool.

papa,

So you don't have a modern American halloween? You know it's 2007? Americans merged their cultures into a blend from the TV shows and movies, keeping the best and disregarding the elements their communities didn't like. Look into it. Don't ruin innocent children’s fun confusing them with your adult point of view.

Papa Mike,

I agree with you about the care of children and holidays. Thank you for your thoughts.

Answer 1

Lordy "papa" your Mr.(?) J. Garnier of yours certainly has a vivid imagination....Druids worshiping Satan???Candles made of human fat?? Dating "the Deluge" to coincide with Samhain?? Who is he anyway? I'll bet he hates Christmas too. Some people will believe anything!! As for Bryan Jordan's comment...so he enjoys sharing the holiday, so do I...the Gods I worship like to see children having a good time..none of us Pagans would pass for puritans. We know that no one worships what they don't know so children trick-or-treating for candy or UNICEF are having fun. Your Satan must be pretty powerful if he can ensnare children with candy and apple bobbing.

Answer 2

. By the light of the moon, a small group of costumed figures move from house to house stating their demands with dire threats. Guarding some doorsteps are grimacing pumpkin heads glowing with burning candles—made from human fat. Other doors drip with human blood. It is the night of Samhain, Celtic lord of the dead.
Perhaps in no other “Christianized” celebration does Satan so blatantly honor himself and memorialize his war dead. The writer J. Garnier suggests that celebrations of suffering and death can be traced back to the ancient destruction of all of his human followers, as well as the hybrid sons of fallen angels, at the time of the Flood. Cultures the world over have festivals for the dead, “held by all on or about the very day on which, according to the Mosaic account, the Deluge took place, viz., the seventeenth day of the second month—the month nearly corresponding with our November.”—The Worship of the Dead, by J. Garnier.
The Druids were no exception. On October 31, Samhain was said to release the spirits of the dead to mingle with the living. Druids roamed the streets with lanterns, and on coming to a house, they demanded money as an offering for Satan.
Halloween is a major satanic ritual day. “It’s a religious holiday for the underworld, with satanists performing sacrifices and witches quietly celebrating with prayer circles or meals for the dead,” according to a USA Today article. It quoted Washington witch Bryan Jordan as saying, “[Christians] don’t realize it, but they’re celebrating our holiday with us. . . . We like it.”
Parents, do you want your children imitating these sinister rituals?

Answer 3

1962...the year I first dressed up for trick or treat at the tender age of 3..

Answer 4

What on earth is that supposed to mean.

I was born in '79, so feel free to guess.

Answer 5

1960 of course!

Answer 6

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKWiwfOhI6U&mode=related&search=

Answer 7

What the hell are you talking about?

Answer 8

No