Samhain, (where "hallowe'en" stemmed from) is Gaelic... is that Pagan enough.

and history records that many pagan festivals where adopted by christianity and renamed... it was the only way to keep the peace on gaining control of the populations. Another assimilated, so history tells us, is Ester/ Easter (pagan fertilty festival... it always had me fascinated as to what bunnies and eggs had to do with crucifiction) with christmas coming 9 months later.

The highlight of Halloween this year was walking back from the pub, and going past someone's house where they had a big lit pumpkin in the front window, with the words **** OFF beautifully carved into it.

Priceless.

and some hapless kiddies "trick or treat'n" in one town in the UK received small bags of blow

lol!

Farber!!!! You're not watching "Honey Boo Boo"?????????? :shock:

Hmmm????

Sorry Snapper, did this happen to you?!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKk-j...eature=related

Surely it is not the fault of the USA that Spaniards take to Halloween? Any country is allowed to try to export their culture to the best of their ability.

Point your gun somewhere else, namely at all the Spanish media and shops who are happy to sell Halloween and rake in the money, and all the Spanish parents who happily go along with it.

I know Spain very well, estuve viviendo allí medio año, and I think there is a little bit too much "blame everybody else"-attitude in your country. You got yourselves into this economic meltdown, wasting EU founds and investing in White Elephants all over the country, so stop the whining and pull yourselves up a bit. You cannot expect 1st world/Northern European lifestyle and mod-cons if you don't produce goods efficiently and organise society to higher standards.

i don't see people celebrating haloween here, at least not in the cities.
what we have here is saint patrick day, but i suspect is just an excuse to get wasted, i have to check it though.
is that similar in spain or elsewhere? a lot of people "celebrating"(getting totally wasted) on saint patrick day? .

about your second posts, the politicians are vampires that feed from young blood from here to china...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjlYbw9WbHU

Halloween was "exported" merely as another commercial thingy designed to make even more money for the industry. It's got no cultural or religious roots here in Germany, either, and apart from people using it as another reason to party I don't see anything beyond that (and media blabbing about it, that is).

Some of you really can take a meaningless event (in the overall scheme of life) and turn it into something dark. As for America's cultural invasions, sorry. But as to Halloween, if you can't find some joy in handing a simple piece of candy or even a healthy treat to a costumed child who is innocent to the negative side of everything, then I pity you.