Episode # 1282 - Halloween: Celebrations, Origins, And Possible Changes

Coffee and Starbucks is on everyone's mind at the start of the show, with Gerri having coffee today and Christina reminds everyone to change their clocks or "fall back" with time changing.  Father Anthony and Producer Nick also share about a Halloween Parade that ran over the weekend either in the city of Chicago, or at the Brookfield Zoo, depending on pictures taken by people Producer Nick knows.  Besides Producer Nick always excited about Halloween, Father Anthony shares that it's his favorite holiday too, but for very different reasons.  This leads to talking about other and upcoming holidays, including Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter, with their significance with Family and the Church, as well as Holiday also stands for Holy Day.  Everyone talks about how Halloween has changed or some what changed due to how people dress up and what people dress up as, not only things that are scary and could be considered, evil, but other weird things, however also how it's still a day/time/holiday of fun too.  Father Anthony also shares the original meaning of Halloween, in terms of it's reference to Saints, talking about The Feast Of All Saints, which leads to a lot of fun on the show today, and memories too, including eating lot's of candy.