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Halloween Dance Parties
Halloween parties used to be just for kids. But in recent years adults
have enjoyed various kind of halloween parties.
Singles Halloween Parties
Professionals Guild is Featuring a huge singles
Halloween Party on 10/29/2004. Professionals Guild singles parties
are held in the Sacramento and the San Francsico Bay Areas.
Halloween Costumes
Sexy
Halloween Costumes is an online store devoted entirely to (as you
might guess) Sexy Halloween costumes. This website is in good taste and
it carries classics like the Playboy Bunny, the French maid, the naughty
nurse,
and of course the school girl. They have brand names like Leg Avenue,
and
Shirley of Hollywood. The angel costume, here, comes from their website.
"The mingling of Christian and "pagan" traditions in the
early centuries following the founding of the Christian Church have left
many modern Christians uncertain of their responsibility towards this
holiday. Some fundamentalist Christian groups consider Halloween a Pagan
holiday and may refer to it as "The most evil day of the year",
refusing to allow their children to participate. Among these groups it
is believed to have developed Satanic influences, as have many other Pagan
practices. It used to be that on Halloween, schools would give children
boxes to collect pennies in for UNICEF, but after these fundamentalist
Christians complained that the schools were endorsing a Pagan religion,
most schools stopped distributing such boxes. Other Christians, however,
continue to connect this holiday with All Saints Day. Some modern Christian
churches commonly offer a "fall festival" or harvest-themed
alternative to Halloween celebrations. Still other Christians hold the
view that the holiday is "safe"; that is, that it is not Satanic
in origin or practice and that it holds no threat to the spiritual lives
of children."
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