Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for November 01, 2017

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Today is All Saints day as Arlo said. Tomorrow all souls day. (A day to pray for all the deceased)

Jimmy, you’ve gone off the rails again.

It’s also the Celtic New Year. Happy Samhein!

Yup. In the UK it is All Hallows Day, to remember those who have gone before us. Yesterday was All Hallows Evening.

He’s confusing All Saints with All Souls (or Dia de los Muertos)

others……pets?

My take is that when Arlo mentioned departed loved ones Janice thought about him being gone. Arlo recognized that and tried to introduce a little (fake) humor. The final panel is that Arlo might not be so loved after that scare to Janis…

I’m thinking that not all departed loved ones are saints. Which is why he then includes “and others”.

Just another thieved pagan event Christians turned into one of their own.

All Hallows eve, or Halloween, has been a traditionally superstitious celebration of the evil that exists in the world and the subsequent vanquishment of that evil by forces of ‘good’ – it is intertwined with religious superstition and serves no apparent use in America other than than the acquisition of candy and other ‘treats’ by children.

All religions are superstition, but not all superstitions are religious,

Remember when Janis was being contracted by an old beau? He’s the “departed” being referenced here.

Contacted, not contracted!

Does ‘once’ mean in the 1400’s? Cause saint originally meant all christians