From: JYOB@aol.com   
      
   ...So when did this become "Satan's Holiday" as a number of Christian   
   groups have proclaimed over the past 20 or so years??   
      
   If they looked into their history they would see that this wuz an   
   early Christian festival to celebrate the harvest & to ward away evil   
   spirits(bonfires & such...there were no streetlights back then) on All   
   Hallows Eve in preparation of the Holy Day on November 1st, All Saints   
   Day.   
      
   Some people have toooo much time on their hands!  It's now just a   
   simple celebration to have a party & carve a jack 'o latern & go trick   
   'n' treating!  But I know a lot of parents that won't let their kids   
   "celebrate" it because it's "Satan's Holiday"!  Since when????  Who   
   thought this one up???   
      
   It just boggles the mind!  I grew up in a  strict Christian   
   environment and we always celebrated Halloween with jack o' lanterns,   
   skeletons, ghosts & such.   
      
   I just guess every cause always needs a "bogeyman."   
      
   the old geezer   
      
   ND: Southern Tier Harvest Ale   
   NP: Goblin Girl - Frank Zappa   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)