It's just consumerism. On average people in the US spend nearly $7 billion a year on Halloween related goods/services/stuff. That's what it's really about. People just like an excuse to have a party. Companies like an excuse to sell things to people they might not otherwise buy.
It's so weird trying to explain Halloween to people who didn't grow up with it
- 01/11/2011 02:26:52 PM
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For a sec I was gonna go into the specifics for you...
- 01/11/2011 04:32:18 PM
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But its always just been an excuse to make a fire on the top of a hill.
- 01/11/2011 05:32:57 PM
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Yup. I know there are various pagan origins, but honestly, fuck'em
- 01/11/2011 08:17:12 PM
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I'm not going to do a history lesson, but...
- 01/11/2011 09:22:59 PM
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What would you say is the proper plural form of Jesus?
- 01/11/2011 09:51:31 PM
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Claudii is an established plural, actually.
- 01/11/2011 10:02:52 PM
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I want to reread Lamb: The story of Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal now
- 01/11/2011 11:38:26 PM
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Jesī *NM*
- 01/11/2011 10:06:29 PM
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Minor addendum: it seems to be a defective fourth declension. The plural should still be Iesūs.
- 01/11/2011 10:44:08 PM
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He is singular in nature 
- 01/11/2011 10:08:43 PM
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- 01/11/2011 10:08:43 PM
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I thing attempting to discuss the plurality of Jesus precludes any serious discussion
- 01/11/2011 10:41:01 PM
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Well, Zombie Jesus seems a legit matter for theological discussions
- 02/11/2011 01:03:38 AM
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Lots of Mexican guys in one room could still be "Jesuses". *NM*
- 01/11/2011 10:47:03 PM
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So is it Jesūs, Jesii, or Jesuses then?
- 02/11/2011 01:04:58 AM
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Well, in English I'd assume it's Jesuses. In Latin it would be Iesūs.
- 02/11/2011 01:06:09 AM
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As I mentioned above, the Latin plural would not be Jesi, but Jesūs.
- 01/11/2011 10:46:18 PM
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Halloween isn't a Christian holiday, at least not originally.
- 01/11/2011 10:26:58 PM
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I know all of this, and care not.
- 01/11/2011 11:37:12 PM
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Again halloween is a world thing, not US property
- 02/11/2011 12:01:25 AM
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Not according to the Defense of Halloween Act of 1997! We own all IP rights and residuals.
- 02/11/2011 01:12:22 AM
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Pagans and Satanists care a great deal about religion around Halloween.
- 02/11/2011 01:10:42 AM
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All Saints' Day is huge in New Orleans, as well. Lots of replastering and whitewashing cemeteries. *NM*
- 02/11/2011 02:14:40 AM
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Pet Peeve: Halloween isn't a holiday...its a celebration 
*NM*
- 01/11/2011 10:00:35 PM
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*NM*
- 01/11/2011 10:00:35 PM
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US Halloween is neither...
- 01/11/2011 10:08:10 PM
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It seems internationally understood from what I can tell.
- 01/11/2011 10:48:02 PM
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Aren't morbid celebrations to ward away spirits pretty common throughout the world? *NM*
- 01/11/2011 11:20:45 PM
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That's not what Halloween is in the US, though. Not anymore. *NM*
- 01/11/2011 11:34:27 PM
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