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- Thu Oct 19, 2006 1:58 pm
- Forum: Halloween General
- Topic: Halloween always on Saturday
- Replies: 24
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You keep saying quit messing with holidays and let them land where they may but Americans don't do that. Almost every holiday is not left to land where it may. Labor Day, Vetran's Day, Easter, President's Day, Thanksgiving, etc. There are all floating holidays and many can be traced back to an actua...
- Wed Oct 18, 2006 2:27 pm
- Forum: Halloween General
- Topic: Halloween always on Saturday
- Replies: 24
- Views: 34059
Easter is a floating holiday and Thanksgiving is also a floating holiday and what it celebrates can be traced to an actual date. If you look into Halloween you will find that it was originally a Celtic observence that around the last day of the Celtic Summer after the summer harvest (which wasn't al...
- Tue Oct 17, 2006 6:09 pm
- Forum: Halloween General
- Topic: Halloween always on Saturday
- Replies: 24
- Views: 34059
For some reason everyone keeps saying don't take the 31st away. That was not the idea at all. I find it funny that most that are against celbrating on the last saturday of the month go on to admit they are already doing that with their parties etc. Therefore it is just a matter of not letting the ki...
- Sun Oct 15, 2006 8:28 pm
- Forum: Halloween General
- Topic: Halloween always on Saturday
- Replies: 24
- Views: 34059
Yeah on another site I was discussing it and think that having November 1st as a holiday would be better. I have been talking to people quite a bit about the whole idea and it ranks about 50/50 for celebrating on the last Saturday or leaving it be. Actually I wasn't saying that the celebration on th...
- Fri Oct 13, 2006 2:35 pm
- Forum: Halloween General
- Topic: Halloween always on Saturday
- Replies: 24
- Views: 34059
Halloween always on Saturday
I love Halloween. It is probably my favorite holiday which may be because my birthday is two days later. I have noticed that Halloween falls on Tuesday this year and that kinda bums me out. I know that many will have their parties and such on the weekend previous but the kids won't go trick-or-treat...