…Not in the “controversial, worshipping Satan” kind of way, but in the “let your kids dress up and go Trick-Or-Treating in your neighborhood” kind of way….
We did when she was younger. In the “let your kids dress up & go Trick-or-Treating in your neighborhood” kind of way. I think some take it too far with the whole pagan ritual stuff. That, too me anyway, is something totally different. We have fun on Halloween. Not in the woods dancing naked around a fire All Hallow’s Eve thing. Today the only time that enters my mind is when people tell me I’ll be going to hell for “celebrating”. Kids don’t understand that. Make it fun. It marks the end of Fall (even though it’s not). Kind of like Memorial Day marks the beginning of Summer.
Yep. It’s my favorite. Our whole family dresses up, we carve pumpkins, go to the festival at church, followed by trick or treating. This year, we were the Peanuts Gang!
Nope. We carve pumpkins to do the seeds. My kindergartener’s class dressed up as storybook characters this week. We had a family movie night and visited family instead.
We always did. And our future children will. I think kids look so cute all dressed up and excited. Imaginations roam free on Halloween and I have many fond memories!
Brody: Great question. My kids, 9, 12, and 15 do dress up…yes even the 15 year old! All of them had great costumes this year. BigC was an 80′s workout girl, she put together a great costume. I really felt old that a daughter of mine is wearing a ‘costume’ from my HS/College era of my life…ouch. Middle C was a Renaissance Era Princess. Mom hooked her up with an amazing, elaborate dress. LittleC was a ‘Gothic Girl’. Dressed in black, black lipstick, etc. We weren’t thrilled with that one but she really pulled it off.
We don’t celebrate Halloween. It is nothing more than costumes and candy. I do have a tradition of setting up a fire (portable outdoor fireplace), grilling, and offering refreshments as a warming stop (remember it’s Michigan). It is really more of a social station to visit with neighbors.
The event of Halloween is no big deal…but is a fun night for the kids.
Never have in my whole life, until yesterday when I left our house lights on handed out candy for the first time ever. Why the change? Mostly because of reading this post…http://www.rabbitroom.com/?p=4623
Yep from Oct. 1st through Oct. 31st…We love being festive whatever our country’s traditional holiday. Today the Halloween decorations come down and the Thanksgiving decorations go up The kids and most of the people in the neighborhood love it.
We have always let the kids dress up and go Trick-Or-Treating in the neighborhood. I’ve never seen anything wrong with it. I know there are some weirdos who get into the whole satanic rituals but that is not what we celebrate. For us its just a day to let the kids be creative and pretend to be someone else and get a bag of candy.
however, when I do have kids, sure, we’ll celebrate the heck out of it. My church does a fall festival every year, so I’m sure that’s where I’ll take them. They still get to dress up and have candy, but I don’t have to walk down all those streets, so it’s a win-win situation. i’m definitely not anti halloween and I don’t find anything satanic about the way most of us celebrate it.
although, last night i celebrated it by going to see Tenth Avenue North in concert… along with Jonny Dias… he was awesome. I got his album off iTunes a while back because you said to and I never really gave it a good listen, but since last night I have.
To be honest we used too and we loved it; but several years ago the Lord really began to convict my wife and I on this issue and while I understand that opinions on this will always vary; my family made the choice (over 10 years ago) not to celebrate Halloween anymore. To this date, we remain steadfast in our covenant with the Lord to not participate. I have preached a sermon on why and how God spoke to me and if interested, I’d be happy to share the link to it. Good question Brody, good question indeed.
My son and daughter are grown now. Daughter is married and son proposed to his sweetheart last Friday and lives in NYC. When the kids were younger we always had a lock in at church and they always had a great time.
I wasn’t allowed to celebrate Halloween when I was a kid. In fact, my parents were (ignorantly so) against Halloween activities so much that we didn’t even hand out candy–I remember ducking behind the couch in the livingroom so that kids looking through the windows of our front door wouldn’t see that we were actually inside!
I’ve been married now for 7 years and we have a 2 year-old daughter. I don’t say this in a haughty way at all, but with Truth at the helm of my intentions: We changed our perspective because of the way we think Jesus would have responded if he were living in our neighborhood on Halloween. The Halloween weekend is easily the biggest event of the year in our subdivision–no family dare miss it. No dads are gone on business. No lifeless houses because of vacations. In fact, extended families come to the neighborhood to hand out the candy, so mom and dad can join their kids on their sweet quest. Generally, the kids will race to the door while the parents stand back at the end of the driveway, watching their kids excitement from a distance.
There is no other event that gives us an opportunity to engage all of our neighbors on one day. And, I don’t believe that Jesus would be ducking behind the couch… I think he’d be posted at the mailbox waiting to welcome each family to his house.
Well, since my “child” is now 23, no, we don’t!
We did when she was younger. In the “let your kids dress up & go Trick-or-Treating in your neighborhood” kind of way. I think some take it too far with the whole pagan ritual stuff. That, too me anyway, is something totally different. We have fun on Halloween. Not in the woods dancing naked around a fire All Hallow’s Eve thing. Today the only time that enters my mind is when people tell me I’ll be going to hell for “celebrating”. Kids don’t understand that. Make it fun. It marks the end of Fall (even though it’s not). Kind of like Memorial Day marks the beginning of Summer.
Let’s call it Falloween! Ha!
Yep. It’s my favorite. Our whole family dresses up, we carve pumpkins, go to the festival at church, followed by trick or treating. This year, we were the Peanuts Gang!
Nope. We carve pumpkins to do the seeds. My kindergartener’s class dressed up as storybook characters this week. We had a family movie night and visited family instead.
We always did. And our future children will. I think kids look so cute all dressed up and excited. Imaginations roam free on Halloween and I have many fond memories!
Brody: Great question. My kids, 9, 12, and 15 do dress up…yes even the 15 year old! All of them had great costumes this year. BigC was an 80′s workout girl, she put together a great costume. I really felt old that a daughter of mine is wearing a ‘costume’ from my HS/College era of my life…ouch. Middle C was a Renaissance Era Princess. Mom hooked her up with an amazing, elaborate dress. LittleC was a ‘Gothic Girl’. Dressed in black, black lipstick, etc. We weren’t thrilled with that one but she really pulled it off.
We don’t celebrate Halloween. It is nothing more than costumes and candy. I do have a tradition of setting up a fire (portable outdoor fireplace), grilling, and offering refreshments as a warming stop (remember it’s Michigan). It is really more of a social station to visit with neighbors.
The event of Halloween is no big deal…but is a fun night for the kids.
Never have in my whole life, until yesterday when I left our house lights on handed out candy for the first time ever. Why the change? Mostly because of reading this post…http://www.rabbitroom.com/?p=4623
Yep from Oct. 1st through Oct. 31st…We love being festive whatever our country’s traditional holiday. Today the Halloween decorations come down and the Thanksgiving decorations go up
The kids and most of the people in the neighborhood love it.
We have always let the kids dress up and go Trick-Or-Treating in the neighborhood. I’ve never seen anything wrong with it. I know there are some weirdos who get into the whole satanic rituals but that is not what we celebrate. For us its just a day to let the kids be creative and pretend to be someone else and get a bag of candy.
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my kid is still a fetus…so his celebration was limited to what candy the Mrs. ate.
i like your pumpkin.
Nope
Heck yes! My kids always have a good time with the holiday. This year they were more creative than ever. Here is a small taste of what they came up with.
http://captainestes.blogspot.com/2009/11/halloween-brings-out-creativity-in-my.html
I don’t have kids…
however, when I do have kids, sure, we’ll celebrate the heck out of it. My church does a fall festival every year, so I’m sure that’s where I’ll take them. They still get to dress up and have candy, but I don’t have to walk down all those streets, so it’s a win-win situation. i’m definitely not anti halloween and I don’t find anything satanic about the way most of us celebrate it.
although, last night i celebrated it by going to see Tenth Avenue North in concert… along with Jonny Dias… he was awesome. I got his album off iTunes a while back because you said to and I never really gave it a good listen, but since last night I have.
To be honest we used too and we loved it; but several years ago the Lord really began to convict my wife and I on this issue and while I understand that opinions on this will always vary; my family made the choice (over 10 years ago) not to celebrate Halloween anymore. To this date, we remain steadfast in our covenant with the Lord to not participate. I have preached a sermon on why and how God spoke to me and if interested, I’d be happy to share the link to it. Good question Brody, good question indeed.
My son and daughter are grown now. Daughter is married and son proposed to his sweetheart last Friday and lives in NYC. When the kids were younger we always had a lock in at church and they always had a great time.
I wasn’t allowed to celebrate Halloween when I was a kid. In fact, my parents were (ignorantly so) against Halloween activities so much that we didn’t even hand out candy–I remember ducking behind the couch in the livingroom so that kids looking through the windows of our front door wouldn’t see that we were actually inside!
I’ve been married now for 7 years and we have a 2 year-old daughter. I don’t say this in a haughty way at all, but with Truth at the helm of my intentions: We changed our perspective because of the way we think Jesus would have responded if he were living in our neighborhood on Halloween. The Halloween weekend is easily the biggest event of the year in our subdivision–no family dare miss it. No dads are gone on business. No lifeless houses because of vacations. In fact, extended families come to the neighborhood to hand out the candy, so mom and dad can join their kids on their sweet quest. Generally, the kids will race to the door while the parents stand back at the end of the driveway, watching their kids excitement from a distance.
There is no other event that gives us an opportunity to engage all of our neighbors on one day. And, I don’t believe that Jesus would be ducking behind the couch… I think he’d be posted at the mailbox waiting to welcome each family to his house.
Nope. Never have.
I had one trick or treater once – it was my cousin who lived down the road, so we gave her an apple.
I honestly don’t even understand the appeal.