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Halloween bans in USA

Post by Haunt Master » Sun Aug 31, 2008 5:23 pm

What are you going to do if they decide to ban Halloween in USA??


If so, I am getting pissed off and I am going to fight for it to get Halloween holiday back! I believe some people will strike and march in the street with their signs up in the air "BRING BACK THE HALLOWEEN!" "DON'T LET THE HALLOWEEN DOWN PLEASE!!" Something like that, so I would love to hear from all of your opinions here. :D

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Re: Halloween bans in USA

Post by Rising Dead Man » Sun Aug 31, 2008 5:26 pm

If they did I think I would go out of my mind!! I would be so PISSED!!!! :x :evil: :evil: :evil: :x

But that would never happen. There are too many people who like it and too little Crazy Christians. But I am sure that is not the only reason they would ban it.

Anyways, can you make a list of places Halloween is banned and why?
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Re: Halloween bans in USA

Post by Haunt Master » Sun Aug 31, 2008 5:49 pm

Rising Dead Man wrote:Anyways, can you make a list of places Halloween is banned and why?

Well, some reasons can happen if Halloween is banned due to:


Evil souls and spirits get into people minds and bodies.

Some would call it "Evil Holiday".

Some people who do practice in devil or witchcraft worshippers.

Some people say most of the haunters love to make "real-alike" blood and gory stuff! Even, some frightening images!

And, I know there are many, many reasons that I really can't list them all here - but would love to hear more comments from everybody here! ;)

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Re: Halloween bans in USA

Post by Rising Dead Man » Sun Aug 31, 2008 5:58 pm

If Halloween were banned I would put out all my Halloween decorations and a sign that says "Save Halloween!" right when I hear about it no matter what time of year it is. And encourage everyone else here and on Halloweenforum.com to do the same as a protest against the ban. They may bring it back if enough people complain and they realize Halloween is innocent and should not be banned.
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Re: Halloween bans in USA

Post by Haunt Master » Sun Aug 31, 2008 6:08 pm

Yup... Guess what?? In South America they refuse to celebrate Halloween there because of the President of South America is against the Halloween! :shock:

Yes, that's true... I read about it last year.

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Re: Halloween bans in USA

Post by HalloweenMelanie » Sun Aug 31, 2008 7:30 pm

Oh, I really wouldn't worry too much about the nation banning Halloween. Halloween is notorious for freaking some people out, particularly the religious right...that's kind of part of its charm. :lol: In fact, trick-or-treating in the kind and gentle, cutesy way we know of it was the direct result of extremely dangerous hooliganism up to that time. The "trick" part was taken literally. So in the 1950s, there was pretty much a campaign to have parades and get kids together in large groups and have it be right out there and visible more so than a night of danger. Halloween began to take on much more of a "cute and adorable" bent at that time.

At the turn of the 20th century (1900), actually, Halloween was only just moving from an adult holiday to a children's one. It's right around that time, or actually a couple decades before, that you being to see little kids dressed as witches on postcards. At that time, children's parties began to come into vogue, though they were often more for the wealthy than the average person. This was the American leg of Halloween, which developed independently of the English and Irish versions and was quite different--so keep that in mind.

During the First World War the holiday often got out of hand--people were repressed all over the place, conserving this, denying oneself that, and constantly afraid for loved ones away at war. Being able to commit semi-dastardly deeds was something of an outlet for that. No young child trick-or-treated after dark during that time; people closed themselves up in their homes and hoped for the best. (However, children did trick-or-treat in the pre-twilight hours.) In the 20s, when there was far less self-denial, ironically, there was probably less trouble/issue with the holiday. The 30s were the Great Depression and movies were the primary means of entertainment, when one could afford them--holidays were less celebrated during that time. This brings us to the 40s and the Second World War and the 1950s which I described above.

That's oversimplifying, but that's how I understand things, anyway. There have ALWAYS been curfews, urban legends designed to scare kids into going to nice, gentle parties rather than tramping around the neighborhood, generally unwarranted warnings of rampant Satanism from the far right and coalitions designed to reign kids (and adults) in. Today you see it in organizations holding town fairs and calling them "autumn festivals" rather than "Halloween celebrations". There's also trick-or-treat-in-town and trick-or-treat-at-the-mall. But you know what? We still love the more macabre aspects of Halloween. And we always will. Halloween fulfills some very, very basic human needs in a large portion of the population:

1. "Flirting with" death. Death talk is usually taboo. Death is somber, scary; when you hear of someone dying, even if you did not know the person, you must immediately pull yourself in, frown hard and shake your head and say you are sorry. And you are; but again, you're repressing your feelings about the subject. How do you really feel when you hear so-and-so died? Do you feel like saying, "F*ck cancer anyway, what a horror!" rather than a somber "I'm sorry"? Do you think, "Oh man...I hated that guy. And I feel so guilty for that." What Halloween does is it allows us to look directly at death and laugh at it, scream at it, even playact that we're part of it. It demystifies death; it allows us the relief of really, seriously addressing scary subjects. We need to do that.

2. Searching our own personalities. Dressing up as someone or something else allows us to explore what life might actually be like if we were someone or something else. Or it allows us to show a side of ourselves we would normally hide from the world. The "class clown" might have a very serious side he's afraid to show; he'll jokingly dress up as Sigmund Freud, for example. Someone who wishes she could get more attention on an everyday basis might put on an outfit that will definitely get attention and is outrageous, like a pregnant nun or Marie Antoinette holding her own head. Things like that...it's very, very healthy.

3. "Getting away with" something. Trick-or-treating for children is a very safe (usually), legal way for children to forget their manners for just one day, to go from house to house, pound on doors and, in effect, demand bad-for-their-health treats. When else can kids do that? This one safe way and day of "getting away with" something may even prevent children from trying to get away with more serious things...it's an outlet.

4. Childishness. An accountant who sits behind a desk five days a week, only to go home and make sure he doesn't swear, spit, smoke or anything else in front of his children, certainly appreciates one day a year when he can cut loose and literally act like a child! Eat candy, dance at a party, dress as something fantastical.

5. The last "hurrah" before being "good". Once Halloween is over (sniffle!), for much of the country, the really cold weather sets in. We're all about to be indoors a whole lot. We're also about to enter "The Holidays" (yes...capital, T, capital H), when everyone is showing gratitude, talking about Jesus and singing about angels. It is, for the religious anyway, a very, very "on our best and most loving and generous behavior" time. Halloween just before this time allows us to release the parts of ourselves that aren't goody-goody...it's a last shout out to "devilish" good fun. :)

Okay...sorry for such a long post! Anyway, no, Halloween will not be banned. I just can't see it. It serves too much of a purpose and pleases too much of the population. I actually kind of laugh when I read about people who are offended by the degree of decorating or whatever that Halloween entails. It makes me think we're doing a spanking job this year. :lol:

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Re: Halloween bans in USA

Post by DemonSlayerMau » Sun Aug 31, 2008 10:31 pm

That's a nice psychological perspective on it HalloweenMelanie.
I certainly hope it's not banned, sometimes I worry it is when all I see are the fall decorations and the Halloween candy, but so VERY few ghouls, Witches, Skeletons, Black Cats, Ghosts, and Jack o' lanterns.
But then again this has been the norm for the past few years now, and eventually they do bring out the scary spooky stuff.
What gets me though is that I've seen Christmas stuff out before the halloween stuff. o.o;
But I think Halloween Melanie is right. They wouldn't ban halloween, not when buisinesses make so much money on it. XD; Not a smart move on Uncle Sam's part.
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Re: Halloween bans in USA

Post by Alan Wake » Mon Sep 01, 2008 8:47 pm

If they ban halloween. I swear to God or whatever being that spins the wheels of the universe I WILL, break down Congress' door with an axe and lead a mob straight into there.
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Re: Halloween bans in USA

Post by Haunt Master » Mon Sep 01, 2008 9:28 pm

:lol: Yeah! I do agree with you! And, I will be with you if anything happens to ban Halloween, then we will fight for the justice! :D

Arthas wrote:If they ban halloween. I swear to God or whatever being that spins the wheels of the universe I WILL, break down Congress' door with an axe and lead a mob straight into there.

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Re: Halloween bans in USA

Post by Pumpkin King » Tue Sep 02, 2008 1:06 am

Haunt Master wrote:What are you going to do if they decide to ban Halloween in USA??
I would laugh since I live in Canada.
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Re: Halloween bans in USA

Post by Haunt Master » Tue Sep 02, 2008 8:03 am

Ok, good question for you too, Pumpkin King! ;)

What if Halloween is banning in Canada? What are you going to do? I'm very curious.

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Haunt Master wrote:What are you going to do if they decide to ban Halloween in USA??
I would laugh since I live in Canada.

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Re: Halloween bans in USA

Post by Pumpkin King » Tue Sep 02, 2008 2:07 pm

Haunt Master wrote:Ok, good question for you too, Pumpkin King! ;)

What if Halloween is banning in Canada? What are you going to do? I'm very curious.

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Haunt Master wrote:What are you going to do if they decide to ban Halloween in USA??
I would laugh since I live in Canada.
I would still decorate. Cops over here don't stick up for the laws. They banned smoking in public, but you still see cops walk past smokers. They don't do anything.
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Re: Halloween bans in USA

Post by Haunt Master » Tue Sep 02, 2008 2:18 pm

Cops don't care about smokers in public? Ok, what about drinkers in public? Will they get cited or arrested?


Here in USA, not all states - just some states some drinkers get caught, the cops decided to make drinkers pour the alcohol out of cup or bottle, or else they will get cited. But if they are REALLY drunk, they will go to jail.

Well, some laws are funny! I did drink and drive long time ago, but not drunk! :lol: The cop pulled me over and checked on me such as drivers license, registration, etc. Also the cop found a bottle of 40 oz. beer in my car, so the cop told me I have to pour it out or get a citation. Well, I had to pour it out and got away FREE! :D

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Re: Halloween bans in USA

Post by jadewik » Wed Sep 03, 2008 2:10 pm

In 2002, Halloween was considered the second-largest commercial holiday in the U.S.... and it's been growing in popularity for 6 years. I think it's safe to say it's not going anywhere.

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Re: Halloween bans in USA

Post by Haunt Master » Wed Sep 03, 2008 2:38 pm

Ok, I know that this country USA will NEVER ban the Halloween! I mean NEVER BAN FOREVER!!! ;)

Some Europeans do celebrate Halloween, never been banned! BUT some other countries do BAN Halloween! Ughhh!!!

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