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<blockquote data-quote="Andy" data-source="post: 475830" data-attributes="member: 5096"><p>All Saints Day is a day recognized by our church. However, Halloween has always been a time of mischief making: One legend has it that: "All Hallow's Eve provided one last chance for the dead to gain vengeance on their enemies before moving onto the next world. To avoid being recognised by a soul, Christians would wear masques and costumes to disguise themselves, following the lighted candles set by others to guide their travel for worship the next day. Today, this practice has been perpetuated through trick-or-treating."</p><p></p><p>It has been traditionally been a time to play stupid jokes such as one of the older of throwing eggs and other such vandelism. It seems the one day were evil reigned.</p><p></p><p>If we could put the emphasis on All Saints Day instead of the "warding off the supernatural" it would be a more positive thing. </p><p></p><p>Anyway, for the most part around my town, the parents have worked for years and years to keep it as a fun costume make-up time for the kids. </p><p></p><p>One thing the older kids through adults do is a "Zombie Crawl". This is not done on Halloween night but might be something for Marg's village to look into to do on Halloween night since the older kids are causing problems. Research it though - All I know about it is that older kids (teens and up) dress up as Zombies and walk through town. I bet the trouble makers would enjoy redirecting their attention to something like this. It takes adults to organize but to have materials and make up and a location where the kids - adults can spend getting their "costumes" on. At a certain time send everyone to walk through town and meet on the other side for a refreashment. Maybe have some games set up to use that "need" to throw eggs (throw eggs into a bucket) and bob for apples?</p><p></p><p>I don't know a lot about the Zombie crawl - I think the local theater is behind getting it going in our town and it has become a fun event for those into that sort of thing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy, post: 475830, member: 5096"] All Saints Day is a day recognized by our church. However, Halloween has always been a time of mischief making: One legend has it that: "All Hallow's Eve provided one last chance for the dead to gain vengeance on their enemies before moving onto the next world. To avoid being recognised by a soul, Christians would wear masques and costumes to disguise themselves, following the lighted candles set by others to guide their travel for worship the next day. Today, this practice has been perpetuated through trick-or-treating." It has been traditionally been a time to play stupid jokes such as one of the older of throwing eggs and other such vandelism. It seems the one day were evil reigned. If we could put the emphasis on All Saints Day instead of the "warding off the supernatural" it would be a more positive thing. Anyway, for the most part around my town, the parents have worked for years and years to keep it as a fun costume make-up time for the kids. One thing the older kids through adults do is a "Zombie Crawl". This is not done on Halloween night but might be something for Marg's village to look into to do on Halloween night since the older kids are causing problems. Research it though - All I know about it is that older kids (teens and up) dress up as Zombies and walk through town. I bet the trouble makers would enjoy redirecting their attention to something like this. It takes adults to organize but to have materials and make up and a location where the kids - adults can spend getting their "costumes" on. At a certain time send everyone to walk through town and meet on the other side for a refreashment. Maybe have some games set up to use that "need" to throw eggs (throw eggs into a bucket) and bob for apples? I don't know a lot about the Zombie crawl - I think the local theater is behind getting it going in our town and it has become a fun event for those into that sort of thing. [/QUOTE]
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