Name: ハロウィンは大人のためのものか子供のためのものか？ (Is Halloween for Adult or Children?For Christian or Pagan ?)
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Do you know there are debates in America about whether adult should celebrate Halloween?

And if you are Christian, you probably have questioned at one time or another whether

you should celebrate Halloween because obviously, it's a pagan holiday!

Hi, I am Shao, welcome to What People Also Ask, where I search something seemly obvious on Google

and share with you some of those PAA aka People Also Ask, which is a feature telling you what other

people are searching on Google that related to your query.

Believe me, some of those PAAs would really turn your world upside down, like, you have

no idea what's the deal with Halloween, you really don't.

Let's start with the first PAA:Why is Halloween so popular?

The answer to this question was extracted from an article titled "Why has Halloween

Published by The Conversation, which is a network of not-for-profit media outlets that

publish copyright-free news stories on the Internet

Here's what extracted by Google:"Halloween has always promised the chance to be creative

But in embracing the holiday, emerging adults are doing more than reject traditional adulthood.

They're playing with identity in a way that puts their skills and cultural competence

The first thought that came to my mind after I read this article is : What

the hell is this paragraph talking about?

Here I want to remind you that Google's People Also Asks are algorithmically extracted by

Google so sometimes they do make mistakes and extract something out of context.

That's why I always also read their original article too.

As it turns out, it's a very thought-provoking article talking about why Halloween has become

more popular amount young adults specifically.

In 2005, just over half of young adults celebrated Halloween.

By 2018, that number has grown to over 70 percent.

The author argued that the young adults' embrace of Halloween could have something to do with

the fact that adulthood itself has changed.

If Halloween has become more popular among adults, it's because traditional markers

of adulthood have become less clear and less attainable.

Traditional markers of adult responsibility and independence – family, career, homeownership

– have either been delayed or abandoned altogether, by choice or necessity.

Transitions to adulthood have become uncertain, drawn-out, and complicated.

He also pointed out several other theories that proposed by sociologists and cultural critics

I highly encourage you to read this article, the link is in the description.

For some reason, I relate to this whole article quite a lot.

When my Mom was my age, she already has a kid and she already had her own family, her own career

Which I would argue is a more enjoyable lifestyle in a lot of ways.

So let's move on to the next PAA: Where is Halloween banned?

The answer to this question was extracted from an article titled: This Halloween, some

US towns will ban teens from trick-or-treating.

published by Quartz, which is a business-focused English-language international news organization,

it is launched in New York City in 2012, and is owned by Japanese business media company

Again, Google made a mistake, because the answer extracted by Google is specifically

referring to banning teens from trick or treating, not about banning Halloween altogether.

But still, it's a very interesting article talking about there are actually cities making

And you can actually go to prison for that.

"How old is too old to go trick-or-treating?

As Halloween approaches, Chesapeake, Virginia says the answer to that question is anyone

City officials recently announced that doorbell-ringing candy seekers over the age of 12 could face

a misdemeanor charge, up to six months in jail, and $25 to $100 fines.

Imagine your children go trick or treating and end up in jail!

It's not like celebrating Halloween is a  sin or something.

because obviously there are a lot of people asking " Is Halloween a sin?" on Google which is

The answer to that question is extracted from an article titled "Is Celebrating Halloween a Sin?" published

by Lullabylark.com, which I believe is a personal blog of a Christian Mom named Erin.

In understanding whether celebrating Halloween is a sin, we have to know that it is based

on both pagan and Catholic traditions of connecting with the dead in hopes to gain power, in

pagan tradition, or to make intersession, in the Catholic tradition.

But, the scripture makes it clear that neither is possible.

Again if you didn't read the whole article, you probably will think this excerpt kind of out of context

I believe this article represents the viewpoint of the protestants, but not of the Catholics.

It pointed out the Halloween has both Pagan and catholic roots.

It has pagan root because it is widely believed that Halloween originated from an ancient

Celts believed that on Samhain, the souls of the dead would visit their homes - and

that those who had died in the past year would travel to the next world.

As a result, people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off ghosts.

Which later became the tradition of wearing costumes in Halloween and Jack-o'-lantern.

They also believe  that the presence of spirits can enhance their priest called Druid's

As to the catholic root of Halloween, it has something to do with the all soul's day in

Especially the practice called souling where the poor would go around asking for a pastry

called soul cake with the promise of praying for the donor's deceased loved ones.

Which later become the tradition of trick or treating.

But why do they pray for the deceased you ask?

As it turns out, a lot of Catholics in medieval times believed almost all Catholics will go

to purgatory where they will be tortured by fire until they are purified.

The good news is unlike hell, which non-believers will go to after they die, Catholics only go to purgatory which is temporary.

But “temporary” can mean a very long time.

According to an article titled "Tetzel on 7 Years in Purgatory for Every Sin" published

by Patheos, which is an online media company providing information and commentary about

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