Contributed by Shawn Drake on Oct 24, 2001
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A HISTORY OF HALLOWEEN
The Celtic festival of Samhain is probably the source of the present-day Halloween celebration. The Celts new year began on November first. A festival that began the previous evening honored Samhain, the Celtic lord of death. The celebration marked the beginning of the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 20, 2002
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JAMES DOBSON ON HALLOWEEN
Mr. Dobson’s reply to the question: "What about Halloween?"
"Halloween is a rather different story. Whereas it can be argued that Christmas is a Christian holiday with Christian origins that has suffered the effects of growing secularism, Halloween can be traced to
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 2, 2006
Falloween is the merging of fall and Halloween in the retail industry reports the Consumer Trends Institute, where shoppers are decorating more with colorful fall foliage, kindly scarecrows and
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 20, 2002
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In his book Celebration of the Disciplines,
Richard Foster says, "Why allow Halloween to be a pagan holiday in commemoration of the powers of darkness? Fill the house or church with light; sing and celebrate the victory
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2006
70% of Halloween shoppers start contemplating their costumes as early as August claims buycostumes.com®.(Foster
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 13, 2008
Oct. 29 and Apr. 15 (the days before Halloween and Easter Sunday) were the top 2 days for candy
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A man was going to Halloween party one night dressed in a devil’s costume. On the way to the party it started to rain and storm, so he decided to take shelter in the nearest building. Which just happened to be a church where a revival meeting was taking place. As soon as he walked through the door
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
In '06, American consumers spent $3.2 billion buying Halloween decorations, up over 21% from '05. This makes Halloween second only to Christmas for holiday decorating. It's not just Halloween. In '06 about $5 billion of the industry’s $19.2 billion in retail sales were generated from fall
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Contributed by Cris Willis on Dec 27, 2007
Trick-or-treaters rake in a lot of candy every October 31. In fact, according to the National Confectioners Association, Halloween is the number-one holiday for candy sales, beating out Christmas, Easter and Valentine’s Day. The NCA predicts Halloween candy sales to reach $2 billion in 2003 in the
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Church Of God
Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 20, 2002
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HOW MUCH WILL YOU SPEND?
With questions about the economy and the threat of war still looming, there is uncertainty in just about everything.
But it hasn’t seemed to deter Americans from celebrating Halloween.
According to the latest National Retail Federation Halloween survey, consumers say
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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A grandmother pretends she doesnt know who you
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 2, 2006
Hallmark reports 50 million Americans participate in Halloween every year. (Foster letter
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Contributed by Cris Willis on Dec 26, 2007
Wiccans, Witches, Druids and Satanists celebrate Halloween as a special day in their calendar where some even
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 21, 2002
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LIGHT THE NIGHT-
It’s a night of darkness. It’s a night of evil. It’s a night the Devil claims as his own. It’s called —“The Festival of the Dead,” better known as Halloween. Occultists honor this night. Christians abhor this night, for it dishonors God and pays tribute to Satan.
On the other
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Contributed by Cris Willis on Dec 26, 2007
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Since the 1800’s when Irish and Scottish immigrants brought their Halloween festivities to North America, the holiday has evolved considerably. The celebration’s connection with All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day has mostly
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Church Of God
When my son was 5, he wanted to be a fireman. That Halloween, we all new what his costume choice would be. So we got him a bright yellow fireman costume and set out for trick-or-treat. As we went his insisted that we go to the local firehouse. I thought that was a fine idea. They would pass out
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