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Dulcinea

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21. I think so.

Reply to Elessar Zappa (Reply #17)

Sat Sep 30, 2023, 10:30 PM

Sep 2023

I was also raised Catholic. I never heard about Halloween being satanic until I moved to the Deep South. Of course, hardcore fundies don't think Catholics are Christians, so there's that.

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Do (or will) you have Halloween decorations? [View all] mysteryowl Sep 2023 OP

Very little. we can do it Sep 2023 #1

Some pumpkins and a straw bale. Silent Type Sep 2023 #2

I have several quilts and table runners to put out. Some pumpkins for outside. Srkdqltr Sep 2023 #3

Almost, but more of fall decor, which is awesome. mysteryowl Sep 2023 #7

We're too old. We don't leave our outdoor lights on at Halloween. CTyankee Sep 2023 #4

We do a witches theme mysteryowl Sep 2023 #5

No Halloween, I do set out Fall decorations: leaves, tiny pumpkins, orange and yellow flowers, etc. chia Sep 2023 #6

Have you seen my avatar? Of course I decorate for Samhain/All Hallows Eve! niyad Sep 2023 #8

ha mysteryowl Sep 2023 #9

Of course it is not satanic, that is an xian invention. Samhain is the Pagan niyad Sep 2023 #11

better watch out for that xian neighbor Conjuay Sep 2023 #12

This one is more performative than anything else, gets all upset if one says niyad Sep 2023 #13

I was raised in a pretty devout Catholic home Elessar Zappa Sep 2023 #17

It must be. I was also brought up catholic, and I always went trick-or-treating, niyad Sep 2023 #18

I think so. Dulcinea Sep 2023 #21

I put no, but Lunabell Sep 2023 #10

No, blueknight73 Sep 2023 #14

Yes! Dulcinea Sep 2023 #15

I usually spend Halloween evening at a pagan friend's house. We garb niyad Sep 2023 #20

Inside scary mostly. Elessar Zappa Sep 2023 #16

I haven't given trick or treats I guess in around 12 yrs but I still put something in my apt door. . electric_blue68 Sep 2023 #19

Yes! I love Halloween! Niagara Oct 2023 #22

Photo's of previous Halloween outdoor decor. Niagara Oct 2023 #23

My wife grows pumpkins just for decorating. Emile Oct 2023 #24

My neighborhood has very few children who go trick or treating FakeNoose Oct 2023 #25

It depends. If there are trick-or-treaters, there will be skeletons. Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2023 #26