DISINFO: Today it is Halloween, tomorrow it's a rubber woman
DISINFORMATION CASE DETAILS
  • Outlet: polit.info ( archived) *
  • Date of publication: October 28, 2019
  • Outlet language(s): Russian

DISINFO: Today it is Halloween, tomorrow it's a rubber woman

SUMMARY

Halloween is a completely artificial holiday, which is accepted because it is fashionable in the West. That is the idiocy. Today it is Halloween, and tomorrow it is a rubber woman. This is unnatural, not normal.

RESPONSE

Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation about West's moral decay. Read similar cases claiming that Western males are feminised semi-men and the West is lobbying for perversion. The tradition of Halloween originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain when people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off ghosts. In the eighth century, Pope Gregory III designated November 1 as a time to honour all saints. When large numbers of immigrants, including the Irish, went to the United States beginning in the mid 19th century, they took their Halloween customs with them, and in the 20th century, Halloween became one of the principal U.S. holidays, particularly among children.

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