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Halloween falls on Sunday

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Oh my yes, all those people roaming the streets "razzed-up" on candy brings to mind the worst excesses of Dopemania!

Roanoke recently decided that even though Halloween falls on a Sunday this year, it will celebrate Halloween on Halloween, rather than on Saturday, Oct. 30.

Back in 1999, when Halloween also fell on a Sunday, the city changed the celebration to the Saturday before, as a result of some Christians complaining about celebrating a pagan or “evil” holiday on the Sabbath.

Brian Gottstein: Some Christians complain, but the government leaves Halloween alone

Council members said at the time that they'd been inundated with calls from churchgoers who were upset that Halloween would be going on during evening worship services on the Christian Sabbath.

"Why would you want to go to church knowing that all these people razzed-up on candy will be running through your neighborhood?" the late Councilman Jim Trout said the day the switch was made.

Todd Jackson: Roanoke goes with Oct. 31 as holiday

Richard Evans Lee
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I am a Pagan, and I find it simply ridiculous that people are making such a fuss about this. It may be rude to say so, but Xians have every other Sunday of the year and services on Sunday mornings and Mondays and Wednesdays and whatever! It's one day. Let the kids have their fun. AND QUIT ASSUMING ALL PAGANS WORSHIP THE DEVIL! Pagans don't acknowledge a devil. The devil is a Xian invention.

Posted by: Rhiannyn | October 18, 2004 2:02 AM

Hello!!!!! IM A CHRISITIAN, AND YES, ALL PAGANS MAY NOT ALL WORSHIP THE DEVIL BUT PAGANS COME FROM HIM!!! IT'S SATANS WORK THROUGH THESE PAGANS! EVEN READ THE BIBLE!!!!! IM NOT SAYING THEY ARE SATANISTS, THEY ARE COVERED BY SATAN!

Posted by: Alia | October 25, 2004 8:51 PM

My thing is if you are christian on Sunday you should be a christian any day of the week. If you choose not to let your child go trick-or-treat on Halloween because it falls on Sunday, you should not let them go at all. My point you should follow your beliefs all year long not just on Sunday!

Posted by: Jessica | October 27, 2004 10:31 PM

Halloween is a meaningless holiday to everyone except that kids get candy, adults are forced to give candy. I don't think that anyone really cares about the actual meaining of this holiday but for the few religous zealots. It's time for these crays to realize that their religion shouldn't impact everyone else. Why don't those of use who don't have religous beliefs ask Congress for a special holiday, it can be called There is No God Day. GMAIL

Posted by: MIke | October 31, 2004 9:30 PM

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