Haven’t read the article yet, but I’ll post my 2 cents anyway.
We have two daughters. One is 17 and the other is 2.
We disallowed any Halloween celebration for our first daughter because we believed it to be the devil’s holiday. No costumes, no candy, no trick-or-treat.
Every year we found something else for her to do, usually the “Harvest Party” at church where she had a good time with other kids.
We were pretty uptight about Halloween.
The past few years, we have changed our view. As long as WE are not celebrating Satan, who gives a rip whether or not we allow any Halloween festivities?
My wife will take my 2 year-old trick or treating tonight. She’s dressed as a fairy tale princess.
I have a tub of candy for the children that visit my house tonight. I will be glad to see them. It’s the same candy we serve in our addictions ministry to people trying to get off booze and drugs.
My year old grandson is going to be dressed as a pirate tonight. His mother is a Christian, fully versed in spiritual warfare. She will take him to relatives’ houses including mine. I’ll be glad to see the little man. He’s my joy in life.
Halloween impacts me with local children and parents coming to my door. I impact them by giving them candy. That’s the extent of it.
I get a lot more ticked off every December when the word “holiday” takes the place of Christmas in twenty bazillion ads.
> The past few years, we have changed our view.
Uh-oh. You have now created the scenario where your older will pontificate to the younger on how easy she (the younger) has it compared to her (the older). I’m almost to retirement, and my older brother still harps on how he had it so much tougher than I, as a kid.