Showing posts with label Is Halloween a religious holiday?. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Is Halloween a religious holiday?. Show all posts

Saturday, October 30, 2010

Halloween

Halloween used to be just a fun holiday. Kids could safely trick or treat without adult supervision and almost nobody except little ones believed that witches or ghosts were real.
When Wicca became known as a religion members complained that traditional fairy tales portraying witches as wicked were discriminatory, so public schools stopped sharing them. Does that mean Halloween is a religious holiday? Should public schools stop letting kids celebrate it? If so, what holidays will be left for children to enjoy in school?