One of the things that surprised me when I first moved to New York City was that a large segment of the
population here doesn’t actually celebrate Halloween. “That’s weird,” I thought, since Halloween isn’t a
secular or “sinful” holiday which I know some denominations steer clear of for their own reasons. In fact,
Halloween is actually called “All Hallow’s Eve”, which is the preclude to “All Saint’s Day”, defined by
wikipedia as the following:
All Saints’ Day (officially the Feast of All Saints and also called All Hallows or Hallowmas), often shortened
to All Saints, is a feast celebrated on November 1 in Western Christianity, and on the first Sunday after
Pentecost in Eastern Christianity in honour of all the saints, known and unknown.
In terms of Western Christian theology, the feast commemorates all those who have attained the beatific vision
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departed faithful who have not yet been purified and reached heaven.
Halloween actually arose, then, out of Christian tradition, but surprisingly it was mainly Christians who
didn’t celebrate the holiday. This is because, I later found out, many Christian priests and reverends tell
their parishoners that Halloween is actually the Devil’s birthday.
Which of course makes biblical costumes the best Halloween costumes for my neighborhood. Anything to break
people out of their backwards views and beliefs is right up my alley, so whether it’s going as Noah and
bringing my two poor cats with me, or a citizen or Sodom or Gomorrah, biblical costumes rule the day here.
(If you really want to check out what Sodom and Gomorrah must have looked like, I really encourage you to check
out the West Village Halloween Parade in NYC every year. It’s a spectacle that shouldn’t ever be missed, and
it’s as close to the description of the biblical events as any I could imagine.)
Other biblical costumes sure to get a rise out of the local yokels are dressing as the pharasies, or even
better the devil himself – whether it’s in serpent form or any other you can come up with. Sitting without good Ergonomic office chairs for lengthy periods of time isn’t wholesome, but you are here looking at chairs, most of which are suprisingly moderately priced, and all of which are bargains at any worth in the case of helping you to higher consolation and again-health. Horns and a
pitchfork, red skin, whatever suits you best and will get the reaction you most want is what you should do.
Don’t leave it to the last minute, though. Get on your costume ideas now, so you’re not left scrambling and end
up with something that isn’t what you want.