From: Lee Corbin (lcorbin@tsoft.com)
Date: Sat Apr 13 2002 - 23:29:12 MDT
Technotranscendence wrote
> I don't see the big deal about these "new" (to people here) holidays
> coming in. Where did Halloween come from? Certain it wasn't a Native
> American tradition and I doubt the Founding Fathers celebrated it, yet I
> don't feel like a foreign invasion is going on when I hand (nutritious)
> candy to tricker or treaters.
Whether or not it's a "big deal" you one, of course, depends
on where one stands, and on the importance one places on a
host of issues.
However, Halloween was not associated with any particular
ethnic group, or at least was not generally perceived to
be so associated. On the other hand, Cinco de Mayo *is*
a celebration peculiar to one particular ethnic group,
(just as is "Oktober Fest"---always spelled with the
"k", of course, just to make sure that the point is taken).
It's natural for some people of, say, Italian extraction,
to feel a little left out.
Lee Corbini
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