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Originally Posted by aries_4_5_48
...does that mean no more Ground Hog Day, Valentine's Day, or Christmas Day? The number 7 isn't really a lucky number, no more making a wish and blowing out the candles on your birthday cake, or putting your tooth under your pillow for the Tooth Fairy, no more lunacy on full moon nights? It might make it a better world, but not near as interesting. Remove all the spice, and bland is what you get...
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You're implying that without these customs, such as the Tooth Fairy, that life would be dull in some way. But don't forget, many of our customs, such as Christmas trees and such, were based on pagan celebrations related to nature...harvest, changing of seasons, etc. You think life would be bland without Santa Claus? My mother said I was fascinated with animals and stars at 4 years old. Maybe it was fun for kids' imaginations, but what purpose does it serve to herald the balancing of eggs on one day when one can balance them on 365 days?
We study and learn about the history of myths and their place in human history/development; we can appreciate them, but to perpetuate them as fact because they're fun is like keeping a child in a perpetual state of intellectual immaturity. Simply know what's fact and fiction. BTW, my co-worker is a Jehovah Witness and does not celebrate any of the customs you mention above - she would resent that you'd consider her child's life as bland. There's ALOT to make life interesting.
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