Hey this would be a good time for teachers of CCD to pass out some holy cards and quick description of all souls and saints day.
Decorating for Halloween is so much fun. The kids love it. The creepy stuff if done right is great. I have neighbors who go all out with that and it just makes for a much more fun trick or treat. But, I am not very creative so whenever I have tried to decorate like that it never looked right to me. So, I stick to the pumpkins and scarecrows. I decorate with a fall theme more then a creepy theme.
. Ugh, You learn something new every day. It never even occured to me that these things go on. 
Those poor cats…Decorating for Halloween is so much fun. The kids love it. The creepy stuff if done right is great. I have neighbors who go all out with that and it just makes for a much more fun trick or treat. But, I am not very creative so whenever I have tried to decorate like that it never looked right to me. So, I stick to the pumpkins and scarecrows. I decorate with a fall theme more then a creepy theme.
I am not against creepy. If it is done tastefully and in the spirit of fun and not to advocate a satanic type of belief.
There can be some strange people out there. A few years ago I went to my local animal shelter to adopt a cat. I had just moved into a country setting and was afraid that field mice might decide to make my garage their permanent residence. I always had a cat growing up and I have found if you want mice to stay away get a cat.
When I went to the shelter it just happened to be the week leading up to Holloween. I went in and picked out a beautiful orange tabby cat who was aching for me to take him home. Every time I passed his cage he reached out to grab me. I said OK you are the one.
When I was signing the papers to adopt the shelter worker was asking me some strange questions concerning why I wanted a cat. She commented that she would have been more concerned if I had asked specifically for a black cat. At this time of year they will not adopt out any black cat. I found out that people use them for satanic reasons at Holloween time and will more then likely kill them in a sacrifice
Go for it! Annunciata
though i don’t really worry about satanic sacrifices as much as teenage pranks…I have a sweet little balck cat named sophie that I rescued from an abusive home… I’m afraid of letting her outside at night in the days of halloween…kids can be so mean, and because I now live in the city, I don’t know what to expect from teens down here. It’s funny, i talk like I’m older…I’m only 20.When I was signing the papers to adopt the shelter worker was asking me some strange questions concerning why I wanted a cat. She commented that she would have been more concerned if I had asked specifically for a black cat. At this time of year they will not adopt out any black cat. I found out that people use them for satanic reasons at Holloween time and will more then likely kill them in a sacrifice
Oh, how horrible! (Not you adopting a cat, the part about the satanic stuff.)When I went to the shelter it just happened to be the week leading up to Holloween. I went in and picked out a beautiful orange tabby cat who was aching for me to take him home. Every time I passed his cage he reached out to grab me. I said OK you are the one.
When I was signing the papers to adopt the shelter worker was asking me some strange questions concerning why I wanted a cat. She commented that she would have been more concerned if I had asked specifically for a black cat. At this time of year they will not adopt out any black cat. I found out that people use them for satanic reasons at Holloween time and will more then likely kill them in a sacrifice
BTW- Since it was Holloween time and my cat was orange I named him Pumpkin. He grew to be a 40 pound cat. He sure lived up to his name.
I think it depends on where you live and where these groups live. Where I lived in Texas they had been having a problem and dead and mutilated cats had been found in what looked like ritual observances.
We usually decorate with fall themes, pumpkins, scarecrows, etc. My kids will dress up as saints and they will either go to an All Saints party or they will go around the neighborhood. They have chosen to do the neighborhood thing this year.
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