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Grapefoot
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« Reply #8065 on: 2021-11-01 15:53:43 » |
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St. Martin's is a real thing in the US too. I wasn't Catholic growing up, but I had friend's who were. At my church (non-denominational) we had a thing call "Fall Harvest" which was similar to Halloween, but without the Satanic undertones some people like to use. At the church, kids would dress up as well, and go around the entire grounds and to different rooms as teachers, parents, church workers, would pass out candy. There were also games, food and drinks. Just sort of a big community get together. But even a ton religious people in the US celebrate the Halloween, but the more commercialized, fun version with just costumes and candy. Not the evil spirits, goblins, ghosts, etc. I've got to say I really love reading how everyone celebrates things here.
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« Reply #8066 on: 2021-11-01 16:15:33 » |
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I have never heard of St. Martin's Day in the US or Canada. I did some looking at it seems to be practiced as a more local level among certain groups of people, specifically German descent Catholics. But what I do know, is growing up my church had fall events for kids. I used to go out with my friends through the neighborhoods to get candy and see how big a haul we could get. We wanted the big ticket items, such as the extra good chocolate candies. None of us cared for the hard candies or sugar treats, which we would give to other kids or other siblings within our group. It was so much fun. I remember I dressed up as a police man, firefighter, air force pilot, explorer, etc. We did it for fun. We didn't do any of the dark, sinister things that some people tie to Halloween. That was nonexistent, and still is to me.
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