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I am tired of people coming to Canada and not understanding why most Canadians celebrate Halloween And when we ask a Person that comes here if they take their children out for Halloween they say i Quote: We dont believe in the Devil only in jesus christ...This is a miss understanding and frankly an insult. So here you go.....Info for you! ...............Canadians celebrate Halloween due to its roots in the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, which was brought to Canada by Irish and Scottish immigrants in the 19th century. While the original celebrations focused on appeasing spirits and marking the end of the harvest, modern Canadians celebrate for fun and community, participating in activities like trick-or-treating, costume parties, and decorating homes with jack-o'-lanterns. Historical Origins Celtic Festival: Halloween's origins lie in the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced "sah-win"), which marked the end of summer and the harvest season and the beginning of the dark, cold winter months. Blurred Boundaries: Celts believed that on the night of October 31st, the boundary between the world of the living and the world of the dead blurred, allowing spirits to roam the earth. Pagan Practices: To ward off evil spirits and to celebrate the harvest, people would dress in costumes, light bonfires, and prepare food offerings. All Hallows' Eve: Over time, the tradition merged with Christianity. All Saints' Day was established on November 1st, and the night before became known as All Hallows' Eve, a contraction of which led to the word "Halloween". Arrival in Canada Immigrant Traditions: The customs of Halloween were brought to North America, including Canada, by large numbers of Irish and Scottish immigrants in the mid-1800s. Cultural Adaptation: Over generations, these traditions evolved into the modern holiday we see today, incorporating new elements and becoming a popular cultural event. Modern Celebrations Fun and Community: Today, Canadians celebrate Halloween for the fun and mystery it offers, fostering a sense of community and togetherness. Popular Activities: Common activities include dressing in costumes, carving pumpkins to create jack-o'-lanterns, decorating homes, attending parties, and the popular tradition of trick-or-treating. Cultural Experience: For newcomers, Halloween in Canada is an exciting opportunity to experience Canadian culture and connect with neighbors. This helps out Canadian businesses as well. So next time someone asks you at least you will know to not use the Devil reason! We are not Mexico! Go look up their calibrations! Quite insulting Canada and learn our Celebrations if you chose to come here! Than You for your time!

Honda just announced it's moving its car company from Mexico to the US. More jobs were just added to Indiana in hours ?? America 1st ?\nEdit: HP is moving its company from China to the US ?

Canada, your president is vastly better than America's 1st fascist regime.

TRUMP gives zero f’s. This is what was voted for with a mandate no less. So get over it, libs. America 1st. We are leveling the trade deficit and withdrawing from another Vietnam. Get over it. Don’t you want people to stop dying?? Friggn libs love endless wars. It’s bizarre. I’ll never understand it.

America 1st ???????? It doesn't seem like it.

Oh he’s nervous. ? America 1st??

AMERICA 1ST!! WE WILL NOT LOOSE TO YOUR SORRY COUNTRY! YOU WILL BE OUR 51ST STATE!

Did they MAGA? No, so let's move forward from this, America! We ALL need to agree to be American 1st. Our safety is at serious risk, but we can still get the train back on track, if Congress can ALL agree to put America before any other internal disagreement. If The SCOTUS and the Judicial System will do the same. It isn't too late, YET. It's time to right the ship and our allies will support us, if our people will stand up, against the harm that this Administration is doing to ALL of us, as a whole. It's leaking hate into every aspect of our country. We're inundated with it and it's spilling out, into the world, affecting our standing.\n\nWe need an Administration where we can have normal disagreements and figure how to resolve them....find HOPE again. I'm tired of feeling despair. America, be the leader of Democracy. Keep your word!\n?⚪?

Terriffs are nothing new though. I think it's insane that America's have to consistently payout our tax dollars to other countries. The President is wanting these other countries to step up to the plate and do their part. It's okay for them to let cartels and fentanal come into our countries and kill Americans by the masses. I'm sorry I'm American born and will put America 1st. Stand 10 toes down and not be a dang traitor. Americans are so quick to change sides when shit get a little rough. But haven't spoke up and said shit for years. Now we have someone shaking things up and we tuck tail and support a whole other country. Pathetic

Lol! He is sadly mistaken! Its Canada that needs America! We Americans don't need anything from Canada ???1st

My government chose America 1st . \nLet’s see \nNone of that affects the basic American. \nIt only affects people like you .

America 1st homeboy shove off

Trump is the 1st Dictator in America.

On the 28th of February, 2025, America was the first country in the world, and on the 1st of March, 2025, it was widely known that EU helped Ukraine more, and that all countries can live without military equipment from the US, and that even poor weak Putin is not afraid of the US. Power is not a business nor a game.

For the 1st time in my 75yrs of existence on this planet, I am thoroughly Ashamed to be an American....I am ashamed of those who voted for this wannabe dictator......because of their short sidedness, they have elected a monster.....as for the politicians that enable him, they are spineless swamp creatures that need to be voted out of office and some sent to Guantanamo and charged with crimes against America

Thank you trump for not being a coward like Biden. America 1st, I’m glad trump and Vance stood up to that ungrateful clown

Why are we doing this to Canda but lifting sanctions on Russian,selling golden visa s to what will be mostly Russian,allowfor the 1st time in histry TASS Russian state tv in the oval office and our President having private conversations with Putin WTF is going on in America ??????

America 1ST

I just don't understand why America couldn't see this the 1st time, he has to do what Putin tells him to do,this is why Trump put all crooks in his cabinet ,it's not going to end well

America ?? 1st ? ?

F Canada......AMERICA IS 1ST

Thats President Donald J Trump to you little Justine the feminist. You will never be the MAN TRUMP IS. AMERICA 1ST. CANADIANS WANT YOU GONE JUSTINE.

This is an invasion/threat to our country keep America safe 1st!! Smh y are we wasting time protect the damn borders!

It’s not only happening in America. It’s happening in every major 1st country. 3rd worlders all over want to ruin western civilization. It’s an invasion.

Not asylum seekers if they already made it safely to Canada. Send them all back to Canada where they 1st entered North America.

? you didn't hear no more Federal funding for any migrant in the United States of America the rent will no longer be paid no more insurance no more food stamps that was as of Tuesday and then the 600,000 that have temporary license will be taken from them April the 1st so good luck to you over there

Focus on helping our own 1st there’s no reason why our Vets are homeless when they served our country. ? America 1st.

I have had 2 children in Canada, both being a cesarean birth, one head injury where I was in a coma for 3 months, total stay in hospital, 6 months, and had cancer treatment in hospital lasting 2 years, all while being a single father, raising my 2 girls, and I only paid my $58.00 healthcare premium paid 4 times a year, and nothing else. These hospital stays would have bankrupted me, 4 times over, if it happened in America. Until you start looking after ALL your people, you're 3rd world. Fact. Boot trump out, and put a real leader in charge, Kamala Harris. Become 1st world.

Get the troops. No way. America 1st.

Americans are struggling, we need to fix America for Americans 1st.

Watch everything Trump and his goons try to do within their 1st 6 months. The nation will be in horror and also laughing at how fucking bad they've made a mess of EVERYTHING. So then America may just say (GET THE FUCK OUT AND STAYOUT) and vote all blue?at the '26' mid-terms. And elect Gavin Newsome as our next 8 year (two-term) Democrat President

AMERICA AND AMERICANS 1ST

This guy is in fantasyland. Notice how he says we’re going after the criminals 1st. That’s because the 15 million who have come through the caravans ARE NOT ILLEGAL. They have legally asked for asylum and they are awaiting their asylum hearings in immigration court. TRUMP can’t touch those. In Texas, many of these people have their 1st immigration court hearings in 2027 & 2028!! It usually takes at least 2 years to get to “trial,” then if you lose, you have 2 appeals and each appeal can take 2-3 years.\n\nEven the criminal aliens they pick up will be entitled to have their day in immigration court. This is nothing new. Bush and Obama deported millions of criminal aliens!! Criminal aliens have always been deported. This has never stopped, regardless of who’s the president. Look up ICE detention facilities. You have 2 big ones in California, Otay Mesa & Calexico; in Arizona it’s Florence & Eloy; in Texas it’s Harlingen. They’ve been operating before & during the Biden administration.\n\nAnd wait till businesses & employers start complaining. ?. Stephen Miller could’ve gone after the slaughterhouse meatpacking industry illegals during the pandemic. They were easy targets because they were the only ones working and ICE had the manpower to do it. Did he do it? Of course not!! America would’ve starved to death. \n\nMAGA nation has been played.

When my daughter goes to a school in America where more families 1st language is not English I think there’s a problem.

Get’em Out of America on The Very 1st Day??????

1st our government should stop exporting unqualified people like goods and sent some people who can make a name for the country its funny that most of them go there protest like in india were you go on streets rally but its different in cannada America uk were its simple so these people should sent somewhere else

Given that her video on 1st day of 2022, experiencing life or death moment in santa martta, colombia, i can surely annouce that alina will not rellocate to colombia or south america. she will likely re locate to east asia or south east asia, lowest crime rates vs per capital income in the world.

I heard someone said that America is a 1st world country that looks like a 3rd world.

They originally came from America from the southern border.. They have no legal rights.. You are wrong about the visa.. Canada is looking after Canada 1st..

This is World wide not just in Canada or America ! Look out side and you will find this is in Every 1st world Country . Because of the monopolizing of everything . We the Consumers pay the price !! and think one Person is the Blame this is foolish Look at your self and ask am I taking the path of least resistance ? Electing the Liars because they say nice thing get you in bed and in the morning now your money is gone and you are left with the bill !! We are being manipulated by our own biases based on our political systems ( Nothing is Free ) !! The Tax payer has toy pay the bill one-way or the other But not the Monopoly's ? . We all have the power to take back the system . we just have to Elect the people that will fight for you and not the Corporations .

We have to accept this lack of education happened in other countries too. It is going to take a long time to educate America and even then the next generation will forget what Sikhs represent. Its happened here in the uk. The education of the public has had to start again after it had occurred already following the world wars and 1st immigration wave in 60s people knew who we were. This is just the way of the world.

Our 1st priority is to take care of our homelwss veterans. These immigrants shoul be last on the list. Biden is failing our Americans who need help & resources. Men & women who fought wars & terrorist to secure freedom for others. Yet the govt. is putting immigrants 1st. When our own citizens should be the actual priority !! \nAll these people from South American countries feel like we should take care of them. Well . . HELL NO WE OWE OUR OWN PEOPLE WHO TRULY, DESPERATELY NEED ASSISTANCE. NEW YORK CITY IS BEING OVERWHELMED BY IMMIGRANTS. THE CITIZENS OF N.Y.C. ARE BEING NEGLECTED BY RHE GOVT & BIDEN. WE HAVE HOMELESS VETS & CITIZENS WHO ARE IN NEED OF SERVICES. SEND THE IMMIGRANTS TO THEIR HOMES !!! IT DEFINITELY AINT AMERICA !!!!

Can Americans seek asylum in America, 1st??\nProtect and Provide for Americans!!!!

Fix America homeless 1ST...

Hey Tyler...ask the question in reverse...see how many Americans would move to Canada....and I have a question for you, Why should I have to make a choice where I live, directly in response to gun violence and mass shootings, lousy uber expensive health care , discrimination, racism, bigotry, and hatred?...like I said in my 1st post, I lived in Cali. and Arkansas in the mid 80's, as different as environments can be...yet all of the same issues, just some more pronounced than others ( surprisingly, I saw and HEARD a lot more racism in Southern California than I did in Arkansas)....but now, in the 21st Century, the fact that politicians are actively trying (and in a lot of cases succeeding) to return the U.S. to the 1900 ( taking the vote away from minorities, especially blacks and native Americans), making women bend the knee to what men say and want them to do ( the reversal of Roe v Wade, 100% total bans on reproductive rights, and the restrictive, totalitarian, Nazi/fascist bans on the rights to choose who you want to be, how you want to be addressed, LGBTQ people and lifestyles) when I see this, hear the right-wing racist, elitist,MAGA, B.S., I wonder how ANY people in their right minds could want to live in 2023 America, the Land of the Lost !

they fight to come here bc everyone knows America will treat immigrants and refugees better than a natural born US citizen ..take care of Americans 1st

They need to go back home and help their government build their country. No one want to do the hard work in building a country, but they run to 1st world countries and demand a seat at the table and shit on the black people who built and fought for America.

Close down the borders/halt immigration from Mexico downward s.america! America needs to help its citizens 1st. But we really need all new elected officials from city state national!

A.erica s saying we need to fix America 1st. They don't realise that all developed nations are facing similar issues with housing, corrupt politicians killing the system

listen we are over run with homeless everywhere in america i never thought id see this but its said we helping everybody except vets citizens but got billions for ukraine and all these foreign places help HOME 1st i will keep everybody in prayer and stop the homeless ppl dont want to work Scenario thats not it they cut things here then send money where it shouldn’t be ?my family homeless now and barely got help fl is my home and i had to leave hard to rent hard to find places and barely no help now in ga we shall see its hard all over end of times folks prayforall we need to repent and line up as The Most High wants ❤️