Halloween

I find this fascinating.  Our preacher preached the same message at our church Sunday and I really liked it.  I have always carved a jack-o-lantern, dressed up and gone trick-or-treating.  I love the spooky things and the candy.  I never stopped to think that this holiday might have a past.  I think it's great that the church tried to make an influence on the old Celtic holiday.  They took "festival of the dead" and turned it into a festival celebrating and remembering the Saints that have died.  I think if kids use this holiday to go around as a fun night of gathering candy, it is perfectly fine.  Of course there is going to be some devil worship going on, but isn't there every night and we just don't think about it.  What surprised me the most about this article was how Christmas has been manipulated.  I did not know that it came from the ancient German holiday of Yule.  I always just thought it was in celebration of Jesus' birth.  If even Christmas has a pagan holiday as it's background,  I think it is ridiculous to not be able to celebrate Halloween.