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Many celebrate Halloween on the night of 31st October, but the Roman Catholic Church in Poland opposes Halloween and its celebration. The All Saints\u2019 Day and the All Souls\u2019 Day are more important for Polish Catholics. However, many young people have been celebrating Halloween in Poland for some years.<\/p>\n
The reason for this aversion towards Halloween probably derives from the traditional christian character of Poland \u2013 in the past dressing up as ghosts and monsters was considered a dangerous pagan ritual. That belief has been passed on though the ages and has stuck deeply in the conscience of the Poles.\u00a0Fortunately, as the world becomes more and more of a \u201eglobal village\u201d, we start to notice that celebrating Halloween couldn\u2019t be further from being a mockery of the dead. In fact, it constitutes mainly of great fun for both children and adults.<\/p>\n
In my opinion there\u2019s nothing wrong with putting on a costume, trick-or-treating, and enjoying the company of your friends and family.<\/p>\n
I would love to hear your opinion. Please share your thought on celebrating Halloween in comments below:)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/10\/jack-o-lanterns-3735386_1920-350x233.jpg\")
Recently a lot of my “Facebook friends” have been posting and sharing different messages about Halloween in Poland. Most of them are against this holiday… Halloween originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off ghosts. In the eighth century, Pope Gregory III designated November…<\/p>\n
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