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Gal 4:8-11 Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods. But now that you know God-or rather are known by God-how is it that you are turning back to those weak and miserable principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again? I fear.

YOU ARE OBSERVING OR CELEBRATING DAYS SUCH AS HALLOWEEN?

Read on and think about if you really should.

The Pagan year has about 4 periods, for celebration; fall; midwinter; spring; and midsummer.

1.	The Autumnal Equinox. This is the period in the Autumn when the days and nights are of about the same length. This is generally a time of celebrating harvest, but the main emphasis is on the dying of nature and death.

The Winter Solstice. This is the period in winter when the days are shortest and the nights longest. The pagan Romans called this celebration Saturnalia, in honor of their god Saturn. It has been generally believed among pagans that the sun dies during winter solstice, and then rises from death.

The Vernal Equinox. This is the period in spring when the days and nights are again of about equal length. This is a time of celebrating new life, the resurrection of nature from the dead, and it has typically featured fertility rites. In ancient times there was the sacrificing of virgins, the worship of fertility gods and goddesses. Eggs, as symbols of fertility and new life, have always been featured in such pagan festivals, as have rabbits (symbols of reproduction).

4.	The Summer Solstice. This is the period in midsummer when length of day is greatest and night is shortest. The shortest night was a time of great revelry, drunkenness and sexual abandon.

Among other Pagan celebrations, many continue to be practiced today. HALLOWEEN, which marks the beginning of the pagan year, is one of them. Let us examine some of the facts about our holidays and holy days.

Halloween, the festival of death - About 300 years before Christ, the Celtic civilization celebrated on October 31st the Festival of Samhain, pagan's God of Death and their most powerful god. Every year on this day, they believe, the old year dies and the new year begins. Darkness, fear and death prevail; many human sacrifices are to be presented to Samhain, and midnight is the high moment of the year for divination, spiritism and sorcery of all kinds.

The birth of halloween

In the eighth century the Pope, in an attempt to get the people to abandon the festival of Samhain established All Saints Day on November 1st. This was never a Christian holiday, but a Catholic holiday to worship and pray to the Saints who were dead, which is idolatry, even though they were honoring those who had been martyrs in the terrible Roman persecutions. The Pope's plan did not work, in fact, this attempt to end and substitute the festival of Samhain follows us and causes trouble to this day, because its location on the calendar has led many people to believe that Samhain is a Christian observance. Nothing could be farther from the truth.

Trick or Treating

The practice of 'Trick or Treating' came from the Druids of old adhered to strange dietary restrictions, and on the night of the Festival of Death they go from home to home demanding peculiar foods. If the people comply, they pass on in silence; if their demands are not met, the people and their home are cursed with trouble, sickness and death. The wearing of masks and costumes also came from the Druids. During this night of rituals they sacrificed animals (and humans). Often they wore the skins of these animals. Dressed in this way, they would engage in fortune telling. Villagers also dressed in hideous masks and costumes in an effort to disguise themselves from the spirits.

CONCLUSION

Halloween is and always was the devils holiday! There never was nor has there ever been anything Christian about it, but devil has somehow duped many Christians into embracing it and accepting it as our? We should not even attempt to have some sort of a 'substitute' that mimics what they do, by calling it a harvest party, celebrating it on or next to the actual date, dressing up and doing what the pagans do and calling it by another name.

'DO NOT WORSHIP THE LORD YOUR GOD IN THEIR WAY.' We celebrate the harvest and give thanks to the Lord every November which is called 'Thanksgiving'. The Bible says to "deny ourselves, take up our cross and follow him." If we can't deny ourselves celebrating Satan's Holiday then how can we make it through persecution and the trials that the Bible says we will have to endure.