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Wait, what? We're banning secularized holidays, too? -- Freddyburg Hokie 10/18/2017 12:37PM I’m pissed all the Muslims are trying to ban groundhog day ** -- hokie in cville 10/18/2017 11:51AM I mean, have you had halal groundhog? It's delicious ** -- Fuzzy Dunlop 10/18/2017 12:11PM You gotta cook it JUST RIGHT. -- ConnHoo 10/18/2017 4:35PM Good with rice and chick peas. -- hoodeyo 10/18/2017 12:35PM Awww....who could eat Punxsutawney Phil? ** -- Seattle .Hoo 10/18/2017 12:15PM NYC Mayor Bill DiBlasio -- ConnHoo 10/18/2017 4:40PM Awkward.... ;) ** -- Seattle .Hoo 10/18/2017 6:35PM This post definitely deserves a "Nooooooooooooo!!!!" ** -- CyberHoo78 10/18/2017 11:06AM Get a grip, Walpole ** -- WaxHoo 10/18/2017 10:53AM Hell no we won't go..........fight your war on Halloween. ** -- Chuck Taylor 10/18/2017 10:24AM Trump has already started fighting the Christmas war. Halloween is a -- Seattle .Hoo 10/18/2017 11:38AM The war on Christmas is real. ** -- FfxStationHokie 10/18/2017 11:44AM It should be considered treason to use that word in public -- 111Balz 10/18/2017 11:57AM Death to liberals - long live Santa Claus!!! ** -- FfxStationHokie 10/18/2017 12:16PM The Celtic October celebration long predates the spread of -- KCHoo 10/18/2017 10:20AM I mean if you want to get down to it ... -- Beerman 10/18/2017 11:00AM And zoroastrianism and whatever it was the jews took from the Sumerians -- KCHoo 10/18/2017 12:08PM Absolute best line in the movie Ben Hur - -- HowieT3 10/18/2017 1:32PM Some uncivilized b.s., that is. ** -- hoodeyo 10/18/2017 1:34PM And remember, Jesus was a blonde-haired, blue-eyed white dude with a mullet -- WahooRQ 10/18/2017 12:26PM Matthew 23:12 "For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, -- hoodeyo 10/18/2017 12:41PM ROWWWLL TAAAHHDD!! -- WahooRQ 10/18/2017 12:54PM I like F$U and LSU for similar reasons. FSU is pretty 'neck -- hoodeyo 10/18/2017 1:09PM The Orange Bowl didn't want to invite F$U the first time they went because -- HowieT3 10/18/2017 1:21PM I like LSU -- honestly like the whole state of Louisiana. Cool place. -- WahooRQ 10/18/2017 1:18PM Ya, have family connections w/ New Orleans and they root for LSU, -- hoodeyo 10/18/2017 1:43PM Yeah, lots of ATL folks at Tennessee as well. -- WahooRQ 10/18/2017 2:00PM My sister went to Tennessee, I guess I should do a better job -- hoodeyo 10/18/2017 2:46PM Like the t-shirt said - "We're not snobs. We're just better than you." ** -- HowieT3 10/18/2017 3:03PM Like TJ’s quote about the natural aristocracy of virtue and talent. -- WahooRQ 10/18/2017 4:17PM It's a meritocracy, that's the "American Dream", at least in large part. -- hoodeyo 10/18/2017 4:28PM Don't confuse him with facts. :) ** -- WaxHoo 10/18/2017 10:50AM They stole Easter from the Pagans, too -- WahooMatt05 10/18/2017 10:25AM Yep with eggs and rabbits symbolizing fertility. Or there is the South Park -- Seattle .Hoo 10/18/2017 10:45AM And what we know as “Jesus’s Birthday” from the Roman pagans. ** -- WahooRQ 10/18/2017 10:31AM You should take your kids out of that school ** -- 111Balz 10/18/2017 10:15AM Please correct me if I'm wrong, but... -- Beerman 10/18/2017 10:11AM As I posted below, that's where I always thought the "assault" -- BocaHoo91 10/18/2017 10:30AM It's still PC, but the right kind rather than the wrong kind. ;) ** -- Seattle .Hoo 10/18/2017 10:17AM Hard to tell from the article why it was renamed. Just as likely due to -- JohnHoo2 10/18/2017 10:06AM Do you see any irony in a reference to Christmas -- CavMan1 10/18/2017 10:04AM Don't ever let anyone get you down over a holiday. -- Hokieesith 10/18/2017 09:55AM Happy All Snowflakes Day! #MSFWA ** -- WahooRQ 10/18/2017 09:41AM RC and Episcopal churches observe All Saints Day -- Hfbyrd 10/18/2017 09:21AM In Olde English "All Hallows Day" -- ConnHoo 10/18/2017 09:44AM Aka Samhain -- hoodeyo 10/18/2017 09:49AM Celtic End of the Year -- ConnHoo 10/18/2017 10:09AM BTW, they celebrate All Sains' Day November 1 of every year. -- HowieT3 10/18/2017 09:34AM Day of the Dead? -- hoodeyo 10/18/2017 09:43AM Dia de Los Muertos Nov2 -- ConnHoo 10/18/2017 09:45AM Not a Christian and really don't give a flying fuck, tbh. -- WahooRQ 10/18/2017 09:52AM Pasty Irish Catholic. -- ConnHoo 10/18/2017 10:20AM "I used to be an Irish Catholic, now I'm an American." - George Carlin ** -- HowieT3 10/18/2017 10:27AM Irish is a nationality and a Race ** -- ConnHoo 10/18/2017 10:29AM Nationality, yes. -- Chuck Taylor 10/18/2017 10:59AM The Irish Constitution considers the Irish people a race -- ConnHoo 10/18/2017 4:16PM No it doesn't. It sets out rules for Irish citizenship that are similar to -- KCHoo 10/18/2017 4:49PM Plus a touch of spanish** -- KCHoo 10/18/2017 12:09PM Yep, the black irish. ** -- Chuck Taylor 10/18/2017 1:25PM We can be thankful every day for Shaquille O'Neal and the McRib. ** -- WahooRQ 10/18/2017 1:36PM That's funny and I don't care who you are. ** -- Chuck Taylor 10/18/2017 1:55PM The Irish did. The Catholics copied. ;) ** -- Seattle .Hoo 10/18/2017 10:21AM The Celts did, not just the ones in Eire. But almost everyone -- KCHoo 10/18/2017 10:34AM That's true; just like spring festivals also (see Easter). ** -- Seattle .Hoo 10/18/2017 10:38AM Nah. Easter is tied to Passover. The Last Supper was a Seder. ** -- HowieT3 10/18/2017 10:47AM That too. Christians copied a lot of traditions. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 10/18/2017 10:50AM Easter Eggs may be tied to some pagan spring celebration, however. ** -- HowieT3 10/18/2017 10:58AM "Copying" carries an unnecessarily negative connotation, how about -- hoodeyo 10/18/2017 10:56AM That's why US Catholicism is so screwed up. The Irish are in charge. ** -- HowieT3 10/18/2017 10:28AM We run everything, we let the Jews take the credit. -- ConnHoo 10/18/2017 10:36AM My Fathers growing up were all eye-tals (aka wops) ** -- hoodeyo 10/18/2017 10:34AM I'm fascinated by these old traditions though and the fact that Christians -- Seattle .Hoo 10/18/2017 10:05AM Lotta joy-suckers on both sides, though the commercialism gets -- hoodeyo 10/18/2017 10:06AM Almost all holidays owe their existence to lobbying from -- hokeyhokie 10/18/2017 10:27AM Not as much outside of the US. ** -- KCHoo 10/18/2017 10:37AM Yeah, but Christmas is like a holiday blob, growing and consuming -- Seattle .Hoo 10/18/2017 10:14AM Halloween’s mix of booze, candy, and slutty witch costumes makes it far -- WahooRQ 10/18/2017 10:18AM Halloween is some devil shit and every kid deserves the chance to enjoy it. -- hoodeyo 10/18/2017 09:19AM Join me in an “Ave Satanus!” ** -- WahooRQ 10/18/2017 09:54AM If you're not celebrating Satan on Halloween you're doing it wrong. -- hoodeyo 10/18/2017 09:59AM The Irish don't worship Satan. -- ConnHoo 10/18/2017 10:27AM There are some who believe that the Christian Satan was intended to -- southdenverhoo 10/18/2017 5:57PM Ok. That works too. ** -- hoodeyo 10/18/2017 10:27AM If Halloween was ever celebrated as a Christian holiday that ended long ago ** -- HokieDan95 10/18/2017 09:13AM So why does the PC crowd want to drop the name Halloween? ** -- ConnHoo 10/18/2017 09:46AM Pc crowd is always looking to find a way to say they rebelling against -- HokieDan95 10/18/2017 11:13AM By PC crowd I presume you mean the Evangelicals? The first time I ever -- Seattle .Hoo 10/18/2017 09:50AM In Connecticut, and we call it Halloween -- ConnHoo 10/18/2017 10:04AM For the record I love Celtic traditions. Halloween was my favorite holiday -- Seattle .Hoo 10/18/2017 10:12AM There are people who celebrate Halloween as a Christian holiday? -- hokeyhokie 10/18/2017 09:10AM ConnHoo is correct; but Halloween, All Hallows or All Saints Day, and All -- Seattle .Hoo 10/18/2017 09:56AM Catholics can celebrate a "Vigil" -- ConnHoo 10/18/2017 10:16AM The NAME is based in Christian and Celtic traditions ** -- ConnHoo 10/18/2017 09:48AM Leave the poor, little snowflake alone. -- HowieT3 10/18/2017 09:31AM You don't think schools canceling Halloween because it's -- BocaHoo91 10/18/2017 09:47AM I'm guessing it is a poverty thing ** -- KCHoo 10/18/2017 12:12PM In Walpole, MA? I'm not familiar with the Boston area, but -- BocaHoo91 10/18/2017 1:14PM What I mean is my guess is that some families can't afford -- KCHoo 10/18/2017 1:24PM Yeah, I understand what you mean, but I don't think there are families -- BocaHoo91 10/18/2017 2:12PM Gibberish. -- hoodeyo 10/18/2017 6:50PM To paraphrase Shen's post below yours, "The Pagans and Wiccans want ... -- HowieT3 10/18/2017 10:26AM Cuz nobody like Trigonometry day -- ConnHoo 10/18/2017 10:41AM It's one day a year. The kids enjoy it. There are tons of stuff -- BocaHoo91 10/18/2017 10:35AM Another reason school should be 4 hours long -- hokeyhokie 10/18/2017 09:55AM I think school is really short like that in some high-performing nations, -- hoodeyo 10/18/2017 10:04AM Yep, Denmark does that ** -- Hfbyrd 10/18/2017 3:29PM A couple of segments of Michael Moore's "Where to Invade Next" dealt with -- Seattle .Hoo 10/18/2017 10:36AM Yes, that's where I saw it. -- hoodeyo 10/18/2017 10:39AM Pretty much dead on. At least his day got made early. -- Shenhoo 10/18/2017 09:36AM Happy Holidays to the Christian Broadcasting folks who say, -- Shenhoo 10/18/2017 09:08AM