First of all I am not knocking Fall Festivals that so many churches have. The church I work at and the church I attend both have fall festivals every year. The fall festival has been very common over the last few years as an alternative to Halloween. The idea is to provide a safe environment for the kids to wear costumes, have fun in bounce houses, and get way to much candy. One of the issues some Christians have is the pagan roots of Halloween. What many seem to forget it is the dates for Easter and Christmas also have roots in pagan traditions. As usual some folks like to pick and choose truths. Personally I have no issue with Halloween and I think it is time to take it back as just a fun holiday. When I was a kid we had Halloween parties at church and we called it a Halloween party. If it was OK back then with those fine Christians, why would it be wrong now?

    I do think, as always, some people get carried away with the macabre side of things. Some of the people in my neighborhood actually have some things in their yard that can be really disturbing and scary to little kids. I think we need to guard against some things but really think those who avoid Halloween may be just a bit paranoid. If you don’t want to celebrate by letting your kids trick-or-treat, then more power to you, but my kids will be out Saturday. Like the toon says, “Daddy needs candy”.

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