230 | History of Halloween

What to Expect:

Halloween season 2021! Shane and Abraham crack open the history books to learn about where the traditions and history of halloween come from. Amazingly, if you traveled back in time to witness this tradition, you might recognize many contemporary practices that are still around. Despite being hailed as demonic, Christians are largely responsible for bringing Halloween to modern culture, establishing many of the current traditions, and even coming up with the name. Also, we bust some myths and provide recommendations, like we do.

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Links: 

1. https://www.countryliving.com/entertaining/a40250/heres-why-we-really-celebrate-halloween/

2. https://ababehavioralspecialists.com/halloween-tips/

3. https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/10/forget-poisoned-candy-and-razor-blades-heres-the-real-halloween-horror/

4. https://www.faithgateway.com/family-doesnt-celebrate-halloween/#.YUYQ67hKjIX

5. https://www.history.com/news/how-americans-became-convinced-their-halloween-candy-was-poisoned

6. https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/30/health/halloween-candy-panic-conversation-wellness/index.html

7. https://religionunplugged.com/news/2020/10/27/why-some-religious-people-still-refuse-to-celebrate-halloween

8. https://www.history.com/topics/halloween/halloween-around-the-world

9. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/five-myths-about-halloween/2014/10/24/b9b60800-5939-11e4-8264-deed989ae9a2_story.html

10. https://www.romper.com/life/halloween-tattoos

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Recommendations

• Shane: AFI - Black Sails in the Sunset and the All Hallows EP (https://open.spotify.com/album/05vHKNdCinN1q1emA34zNY)

• Abraham: Santa Clarita Diet Petition (https://www.change.org/p/netflix-santa-clarita-diet-netflix)

• Alan: Jimmy Kimmel post-Halloween prank videos where parents pretend they ate their kids’ candy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YQpbzQ6gzs)

• Go visit Salem, Massachusetts during the non-Halloween season. Go in late summer or early fall, it’s gorgeous, great food, overlooks the water, and you can rent bikes for free at the Hawthorne Hotel and pedal around to see some of the filming locations from “Hocus Pocus” or just chill in a record store or lobster festival. (https://www.salem.org/)

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