Comments on: Trick or Treat http://peteashton.com/2004/10/trick_or_treat/ June 2000 to June 2010 Wed, 02 Jun 2010 21:48:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Pete Ashton http://peteashton.com/2004/10/trick_or_treat/comment-page-1/#comment-5362 Pete Ashton Fri, 05 Nov 2004 05:49:11 +0000 http://peteashton.com/2004/10/trick_or_treat/#comment-5362 I think the kids round here would assume I'm giving them drugs or just not have a clue what "herbal tea" is. I think the kids round here would assume I’m giving them drugs or just not have a clue what “herbal tea” is.

]]> By: Mardou http://peteashton.com/2004/10/trick_or_treat/comment-page-1/#comment-5361 Mardou Thu, 04 Nov 2004 19:55:55 +0000 http://peteashton.com/2004/10/trick_or_treat/#comment-5361 I gave some herbal teabags. They didn't seem to mind. I gave some herbal teabags. They didn’t seem to mind.

]]> By: Dad http://peteashton.com/2004/10/trick_or_treat/comment-page-1/#comment-5360 Dad Tue, 02 Nov 2004 15:56:58 +0000 http://peteashton.com/2004/10/trick_or_treat/#comment-5360 If you can find an English Book of Common Prayer, there will be a section that explains which day Easter Sunday will fall. The basis for this is, of course, the lunar cycle (derived from pagan religion) but the early Christians in northern Europe couldn't admit to this, So they invented the "Golden Letter". Only "they" knew the significance of the Golden Letter but let everyone believe it was a heaven-sent guide from above. From memory, I believe Easter Sunday is the first Sunday after the full moon following the Spring Equinox. Of course this was also pre-empted historically by the Jewish calendar that defined Passover in the same (lunar) way. Nonetheless, Easter is, by its name, a deritive of paganism, not jewry. You won't find Easter mentioned anywhere in the Bible. Christ's death and resurrection are only mentioned in context to the Jewish calendar. If all this sounds rather esoteric, I apologize. After I first visited the Rollrite Stones I found the history of religion in England to be a fascinating topic. If you can find an English Book of Common Prayer, there will be a section that explains which day Easter Sunday will fall. The basis for this is, of course, the lunar cycle (derived from pagan religion) but the early Christians in northern Europe couldn’t admit to this, So they invented the “Golden Letter”. Only “they” knew the significance of the Golden Letter but let everyone believe it was a heaven-sent guide from above. From memory, I believe Easter Sunday is the first Sunday after the full moon following the Spring Equinox. Of course this was also pre-empted historically by the Jewish calendar that defined Passover in the same (lunar) way. Nonetheless, Easter is, by its name, a deritive of paganism, not jewry. You won’t find Easter mentioned anywhere in the Bible. Christ’s death and resurrection are only mentioned in context to the Jewish calendar.

If all this sounds rather esoteric, I apologize. After I first visited the Rollrite Stones I found the history of religion in England to be a fascinating topic.

]]> By: Pete Ashton http://peteashton.com/2004/10/trick_or_treat/comment-page-1/#comment-5359 Pete Ashton Tue, 02 Nov 2004 05:45:42 +0000 http://peteashton.com/2004/10/trick_or_treat/#comment-5359 Lost me there so I looked it up. Wikipedia entries for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samhain" rel="nofollow">Samhain</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eostre" rel="nofollow">Eostre</a>. Lost me there so I looked it up. Wikipedia entries for Samhain and Eostre.

]]> By: Dad http://peteashton.com/2004/10/trick_or_treat/comment-page-1/#comment-5358 Dad Tue, 02 Nov 2004 04:49:25 +0000 http://peteashton.com/2004/10/trick_or_treat/#comment-5358 Dave C - the traditional holidays - Samhain, Yule, Eostra, etc. were first dumbed down by Christian missionaries who realized that "if you can't beat them, join them". Then the card people got involved. Then the costume people. Is it any wonder that more and more people are turning back the clock to pagan values? Dave C – the traditional holidays – Samhain, Yule, Eostra, etc. were first dumbed down by Christian missionaries who realized that “if you can’t beat them, join them”. Then the card people got involved. Then the costume people. Is it any wonder that more and more people are turning back the clock to pagan values?

]]> By: Dave C http://peteashton.com/2004/10/trick_or_treat/comment-page-1/#comment-5357 Dave C Tue, 02 Nov 2004 03:35:38 +0000 http://peteashton.com/2004/10/trick_or_treat/#comment-5357 Sadly the traditional British 'Samhain' has been turned into a dumbed down tacky commercial holiday. :( Sadly the traditional British ‘Samhain’ has been turned into a dumbed down tacky commercial holiday. :(

]]> By: Dad http://peteashton.com/2004/10/trick_or_treat/comment-page-1/#comment-5356 Dad Mon, 01 Nov 2004 04:23:28 +0000 http://peteashton.com/2004/10/trick_or_treat/#comment-5356 April answered the door. "Trick or Treat" the kids cried out in unison. "Trick or treat? what does that mean, we've been living abroad" (failing to mention where we lived abroad is the land of trick or treat). Well they got an orange each - no candy in the house, naturally. April calls it begging and does not condone it much. If they dress up and are small kids, it's OK with me. Teenagers ought to know better. Teenagers who think that trick means petty vandalism probably don't know better. Or am I simply getting old? April answered the door. “Trick or Treat” the kids cried out in unison. “Trick or treat? what does that mean, we’ve been living abroad” (failing to mention where we lived abroad is the land of trick or treat). Well they got an orange each – no candy in the house, naturally. April calls it begging and does not condone it much. If they dress up and are small kids, it’s OK with me. Teenagers ought to know better. Teenagers who think that trick means petty vandalism probably don’t know better.

Or am I simply getting old?

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