Happy Halloween? - Page 4

Sherri · #1 10-17-2010, 05:30 PM

I HATE Halloween. There, I said it.

Twisp · #2 10-17-2010, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Sherri

I HATE Halloween. There, I said it.

Happy Halloween, Sherri!

Flutecrafter · #3 10-17-2010, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Sherri

I HATE Halloween. There, I said it.

Do you really hate halloween?
or do you hate the things you've been told that it is?

there is a serious difference.
Are there more workings of magik this time of year? Yes.
Are they confined to Oct 31? No.
Do they have anything to do with the commercialized holiday of halloween? Not really.

Admittedly there are some seriously nasty costumes and decorations out there
these days, as well as some fools that want to use the excuse to engage
in very poor judgement and behaviour, that has nothing to do with the
day itself either.
My son said it fairly well in his 'this is the day' thread.
It is a day that God has made, same as the other 364 days of the year.

The followers of Jesus can either get off of their soap boxes and
engage the folks that are coming to their door, or they can cower in the
back rooms of their houses and pretend that no one is coming by at all.

Tracts and prayer and even conversation with them and their parents if
they are with them and have the time.

Sherri · #4 10-18-2010, 06:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Flutecrafter

Do you really hate halloween?
or do you hate the things you've been told that it is?

there is a serious difference.
Are there more workings of magik this time of year? Yes.
Are they confined to Oct 31? No.
Do they have anything to do with the commercialized holiday of halloween? Not really.

Admittedly there are some seriously nasty costumes and decorations out there
these days, as well as some fools that want to use the excuse to engage
in very poor judgement and behaviour, that has nothing to do with the
day itself either.
My son said it fairly well in his 'this is the day' thread.
It is a day that God has made, same as the other 364 days of the year.

The followers of Jesus can either get off of their soap boxes and
engage the folks that are coming to their door, or they can cower in the
back rooms of their houses and pretend that no one is coming by at all.

Tracts and prayer and even conversation with them and their parents if
they are with them and have the time.

When I was young, I participated in Halloween all the time. We grew up in church and thought nothing of it. When I was older and married, we started researching it and realized that everything about the day is based on the "dark" stuff of evil. It seems like on Halloween, Christians accept things that God calls abominations - just because we say it's in fun. Well I just can't imagine God laughing at that.

The movies that come out around this time of year are HORRIBLE, and they are directed at people's fascination with the evil things of the season. The ones this year called "Devil" and the one about the Last Exorcism - they are so evil that the previews made me literally sick. Also, the Halloween store that comes to our town every year is called "Spirit". Wonder why?

I'm not condemning others - like I said, I took part in it for years. But it's not something that I can conscientiously do anymore.

MissBrattified · #5 10-17-2010, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Sherri

I HATE Halloween. There, I said it.

Halloween and Easter are my two least favorite holidays for one reason: All that candy. We've placed serious limits on the amount our kids can collect and keep--otherwise, I couldn't keep my sanity!

Cindy · #6 10-17-2010, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by MissBrattified

Halloween and Easter are my two least favorite holidays for one reason: All that candy. We've placed serious limits on the amount our kids can collect and keep--otherwise, I couldn't keep my sanity!

Keep?

MissBrattified · #7 10-17-2010, 01:58 PM

We've never allowed our kids to go door to door trick-or-treating or dress in scary costumes. (Non-scary/gory costumes and innocuous school parties are okay with me.) However, the church has had "Trunk of Treats" for the neighborhood and church kids ever since Jeffrey was small, so the kids have attended that for the last few years. In addition to dressing up and getting candy, they participate in handing out goodies to the neighbor kids.

A few weeks ago, Jeffrey and I were browsing Goodwill. He held up a plastic Jack-o-Lantern and said, "Look, Mommy! A Trunk or Treat bag!" I realized that "trick or treat" wasn't even in his vocabulary.

OneAccord · #8 10-17-2010, 06:21 PM

I'm thinkin of dressin' up as Lee Stoneking this year. That'll be scary. Well, I've got the hair for it. Or, the lack thereof.

Hoovie · #9 10-17-2010, 10:07 PM

We have several hundred come to the door. Give out candy along with a fun Christian message. I think one time they gave "Jesus is the Light" flash lights out, and other times a note encouraging kids to go to Sun School.

Cindy · #10 10-17-2010, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Hoovie

We have several hundred come to the door. Give out candy along with a fun Christian message. I think one time they gave "Jesus is the Light" flash lights out, and other times a note encouraging kids to go to Sun School.

We live out in the country, so kids don't come to our door. And here the downtown merchants give out treats. Much safer I think. And a lot of the churches have activities for the kids also.