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Posted by doughgirl37

For me personally I do not enjoy the celebration of death and fear. (I cannot even get myself to write the "H" word in my title) It was cute when I was little and there was the excited feelings of being scared and dressing up. But I have learned of the origins of some of the practices in the past few years and do not even want to be a part of it.
I do like that churches have stepped in to offer parties and a way to dress up for kids and families to have fun. That's what we do.
I also have heard how some will give out scripture with the candy from their own homes. This made me nervous too b/c I thought what if my kids get scared of what comes to the door?
You decide with prayer what you as a family feel is right for you.
Blessings!

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Posted by ams

I used to struggle with thinking the way you think about Halloween. I thought it was fun and innocent but then we were educated on it. There is a old video called "Halloween, trick or treat" put out by Calvary Chapel that you may want to watch. I also have a book on it called "Mommy, Why Don't We Celebrate Halloween?' These are some excerpts from the book......................"Long ago the people who worshipped statues and nature believed that spirits of the dead could control the living and that the souls of the wicked people who had died returned on Halloween to harm or scare the living. They tried to keep the evil spirits happy by setting out sweets and other types of treats. They wanted the evil spirits to stay away and not trick them. ..........They burned the food in a big bonfire and some people wore costumes to the bonfire. .............." Anyhow you get the picture. There is nothing cute and innocent about Halloween and I am 100% sure that Jesus wouldn't want us celebrating a holiday made by Satan. Hope this helps and Lord bless <><

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Posted by tiarali79

I find it interesting when I read posts about Americans celebrating halloween, or wondering whether they should. I live in Australia and it is not widely celebrated here. The only time I have ever seen anyone have a Halloween party was once when we lived next door to some Wiccans. That was spooky. They hung up crosses (like from graves) all in the trees in their backyard, and it was a windy night so when we woke up they were all over the ground, like a cemetery. They thought that was funny.

Now stores are starting to put up halloween displays, and I am quite resistant to the move. I don't know whether it's simply crass commercialism, trying to get one more sale into the year, or if it's the ongoing Americanisation of our nation, or if it's the rise in the occult in our society, or (more probably) a mixture of all three. But either way I don't like it, and my family won't be celebrating it.

Mind you, I was never indoctrinated to cherish the celebration in the first place, either, so it's pretty easy to abhor it :)

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Posted by momto4beauties

I was raised celebrating halloween, so I never saw any problem with it...til I had kids of my own. My hubby, being a pastor's son, never celebrated it growing up and he voiced concerns over me doing the same. I took our eldest daughter out trick-or-treating when she was very little (2 or 3 yr old), but then stopped. I too learned of the holiday's origins through the church I was attending at the time. I no longer attend that church, but the teaching was sound. Halloween truly originated from pagan practices..several actually. They are very cultic in nature and would truly just open a door, spiritually, to unwanted things. We do not celebrate Halloween in our house now. Yes, I miss the 'fun' of dressing up and decorating...but I know that NOT doing it is for the best. We take our girls to a local church on 'beggars night' and they get to play games, for which they get candy. We also have our own little harvest party here at home, complete with apple bobbing and a pinata filled with candy. This makes up for them not getting candy from trick-or-treating like their neighborhood friends. We have also explained our reasons to our kids so they do not have built up resentment over not getting to do what the other kids are doing. Now, they look forward to our harvest party and all the goodies those entail.

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Posted by LivingWatersHomeschool

I actually asked an elder at my church about this a few years ago. He directed me to Romans 14. His thoughts were that if it isn't causing you or your brother to stumble, it's okay to do because we have freedom in Christ. I know Halloween has Pagan roots, the good thing is, as Christians, nothing is sanctified as pagan. Trick or treating doesn't mean we are doing something Pagan as that is not where our hearts are, we know the truth and can glorify God in anything, even cultural norms that have history in pagan customs. I think if someone considers it sin they should obstain of course, I grew up not celebrating Halloween at all. We allow the children to, but I feel we keep them grounded in the word enough to allow them that freedom. I'm not a huge fan of the death and spooky stuff at all, but in terms of simply dressing up and trick or treating I don't mind the kids doing that too much.

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