Halloween and other occasions

[Khumar]

Re: Halloween and other occasions

@Enigmatic

So over the past weekend, on an Eid get together, I met a couple of desi families and the discussion went on to halloween, christmas etc. A couple of people were firmly against the idea of even letting the kids dress up and have fun. When I asked them their reasons, I got varied responses

**‘aaj kul log Eid se zyada to ye sab manatay hain..bache as a result kehte hain hum Eid pe sotay hain sara din..bara boring hota hai’

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And whose fault is that? It’s the parents’ fault for not making eid a big deal for their kids. Yes I understand that the eids that they had as children in Pakistan or India were a lot more fun and in non-muslim countries you don’t get holidays for Eid. but that is a lame excuse for not teaching the children about the importance of eid, the history of eid etc. and then they complain that hamaray bachay sleep on eid i’ve seen parents put some effort for their children about eid and as a consequence these children actually get excited about that day. it’s easy to whine but so much more difficult to actually do something. contrast this with how much there is a hoopla over valentine’s day, christmas, halloween, easter, thanksgiving etc. do we really expect our children to walk around blind when they are bombarded with these events in schools, tv, malls etc?

fyi, i loooooove halloween and christmas. couldn’t go trick or treating because i was too old (boo =( ) but these two are just so fun holidays. last year i made paper snowflakes and hung them up in my room. this year i’m not too sure what i’m going to do. i did do my nails for halloween though!

@Niksik

Enigmatic, I was planning to start a thread on this topic in the morning but good you did. I’ve been receiving a ton of mail from people who like to call Halloween and other such festivals HARAM. I don’t think kids dressing up in fun costumes and collecting candy is haram. It’s just a fun evening.

It’s the lazy and stingy parents who don’t want to do anything fun with their children who make claims such as those.

yeah the ones that turn of their lights and stay in the basement and pretend they’re not home :halo: