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Halloween
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wolfy
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Halloween
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Hi there,
Did any other teachers in Chile, see that 31 October (halloween) is now a bank holiday.
It will "officially" due to the evanjellical movement here. �Does anybody else find that extremly ironic?
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21 Oct 2008
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Vickiii
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Are you serious???
Another holiday - and on halloween! wicked...
Not that i celebrate halloween - although a good party is always fun to attend. I just can�t get over how many holidays we get here!
Can you explain what the significance of this day is in the religious calender? I thought that 1st november was significant due to being All Saints Day (or All Halo�s Day) hence we get Halloween from All Halo�s Eve.
Maybe I am wrong in my understanding of halloween - i am a rather unholy person. I can sense a wonderful 4skills worksheet coming from someone out there in Eslprintable land... |
21 Oct 2008
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wolfy
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That�s the irony,
Halloween is a pagan holiday..
Officailly, the new bank holiday is in homage of the evengelical church in Chile. �They could have picked any day. As for the significance of this day in particular... Nothing.
You�re right about the origin of the name, but that�s not what all the sweets are about. The link says it all.
It doesn�t say that the sale of sweets, pumpkins and witch masks will increase a thousand fold thanks to the bank holiday. :)
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22 Oct 2008
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