My husband, Doug and I have read a number of different articles about whether or not it is okay for Christians to celebrate Halloween. All of them talked about the origin of Halloween and one mentioned that it is okay to celebrate if you are not celebrating the origin, another mentioned that it is bad to celebrate something with such a bad origin, yet others mention that you can use the day to evangelize. Doug and I feel that we don't like the origin or many other things about it, so we aren't going to have any involvement in it at all.
Up to this year, not celebrating Halloween was easy, we just carried on like any other day. But this year with Anson being school it has gotten a little harder. At school in the afternoon they had Halloween activities. I called the school to see if they had any alternative activities for those who chose not to participate, but unfortunately they didn't, so we picked Anson up at lunch. He seemed to understand why, and didn't mind.
Sometimes we feel like we are the only ones who feel this way, yet we understand that others might not be convicted as we are. Anyway with all this being said I just want to breath a sigh of relief that it is done for another year.
