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Originally Posted by dogsbody70
Easter is supposed to be a celebration of Jesus Christ rising from the dead. He had been crucified on the previous Friday--For some weird reason called:
"GOOD FRIDAY"-- although there was nothing Good about crucifying our Lord.
Jesus rose from the dead which is what christianity is all about. Jesus is the Messiah so a very special day in the Christian calendar.
Why and how easter eggs came into the equation I do not know. Here in UK we tend to give chocolate Easter eggs to children. When I was a child we painted hard boiled eggs and would roll them down the hill. Also I have no idea where the EASTER BUNNY comes into it.
Why do we have eggs at Easter?
As for Halloween-- I loathe it-- I loathe trick and treating. That came to UK from the USA. something to do with the devil I think. It teaches bad habits to children when they put on frightening masks and they knock on peoples doors and threaten to trick them if they are not given a treat. That is my idea of teaching children how to blackmail people. Just my own opinion of course. I never experienced anything about Halloween when I was a child, not sure when the trick or treat fashion began here. I feel it is very commercialised in order to make alot of money for manufacturers and shops etc.
Halloween in England - History and Traditions for Kids
IN the past we had boy scouts who at a certaIn time of year knocked on peoples doors in order to do a job for them. BOB a JOB it was called. They would do a small chore for the resident then be given a BOB-- equal to what used to be a shilling in the days before decimalisation. Twelve old pennies equalled a shilling.
I wonder if you have the equivalent of boy scouts and girl guides or Brownies in Japan?
Scouts Guides and Brownies |
Hi.
We have the Boy Scout in Japan too, though I don't know about it except they wear cowboy hats.
The homepage of Scout Association of Japan is here;
Scout Association of Japan
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As for Halloween, it is important for me to hear your opinion about it, which would be rather "negative".
I didn't want to write something negative in here, so I didn't mention about the tragedy that had happened at Halloween night.
A Japanese teenager international student was shot to death at Halloween night, when he disguised himself as a monster, enjoying the "trick or trade". He was dead because he couldn't understand the meaning of "freeze!".
If I had been him, I too would have thought it as "please!". And I was shot to death too.
The accident had happened around 1990, and every Japanese was so shocked. And I myself decided to quit going to America.
Why such an innocent act had to be related to death?
The shooting man was judged as innocent at the court, because of "justifiable defense".
But a ex-FBI officer said that he was guilty, in a book "I Have Lived in the Monster" by Robert K. Ressler、Tom Shachtman.
He didn't have to shoot.....
The ex-FBI officer analyzed the character of the shooting man.
I don't know what the truth was. It was just an opinion of a book writer.
Anyway, very unfortunately, I have negative feeling about "Halloween", too.
And I will never forget the meaning of the word "freeze!".