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CMV: Halloween should not be moved to Saturday

There's a petition going around saying Halloween would be better suited for the last Saturday of October because it would be safer and easier for kids to go trick or treating. 

Here are my 2 reasons why I don't agree with this.

1 Halloween is on 31st specifically for a reason. It's based on the Celtic holiday Samhain.  Similar to the day of the dead, it's believed that this is when the the barrier between the dead and the living is the thinnest and spirits come back to visit.  It's also the eve of all saints day if you're Catholic. These Holidays have been celebrated on this day for hundreds of years. For people to want to suddenly change that so it'd be easier for them and their kids to get free candy is disrespectful to people of that culture. 
Should we change other holidays with cultural significance just to suit people's work week? I don't think so. My main argument here is that people are not respecting the culture behind Halloween and are trying to bastardize it so it's only about candy and partying. I've seen a lot of people agree with the petition for that reason alone. They don't have kids they just want to get sloshed and not have to go to work hungover.

2. Saturday wouldn't be any safer. DUI statistics say accidents increase on weekends and holidays. Having more drunk drivers on the roads while children are trick or treating does not seem like it would be safer for them and wouldn't be any safer for other drivers on the road. 

I don't have kids, I just really love Halloween so I admit this really wouldn't affect me either way.  I just don't buy the excuse that this is for the kids. From what I've read of people's comments, it's just inconvenient for parents to have to take off work early take their kids out late and then wake up exhausted the next day and have to go to work.  There are always Halloween events around town the Saturday before Halloween like trunk or treats, or costume party's and contests that don't go on late into the night.  Why not just go to something like that rather than try to make 300 million people adjust their life to make yours more "convenient".
gpt
The US celebrates Easter on a different day than many other countries (on some years)... which you'd think would be disrespectful to Christians, the largest religious group in the US, but that is perfectly fine.

Samhain dates back to before the use of the modern Gregorian calendar anyway, so the specific date isn't a key element of culture of the celebration or else we'd be continuing to celebrate it based on the Coligny calendar.