Christian response to Halloween

xstarx05x

the question asked was "Do any of you or your churches have a Christian response to Halloween?"

not "Do you think Halloween is wrong?"

Let me clarify that I do not think it is wrong. I just want to do something special this year.

Let's all please be prayerful as we read each other's thoughts and write our responses.

DramaGeek

Star, you may not have intended it to be a question that gets a rise out of it, but your wording certainly makes it that way.  Asking if people have a "Christian response" to something makes it seem as if it is a bad thing and Christians should be doing something else in response to the bad thing.

I think Agape's reminder is a great one for all of us.  Let us be thoughtful in our word choice, seeing it from others' perspectives.  Thinking about our intentions and the various ways our wording could be understood will serve to keep misunderstandings to a minimum.

xstarx05x

I know some of my wording was off, like how i said Halloween can lead to corruption. That was wrong. But calling something a "Christian response"? I didn't realize that was always in reference to something bad. All I mean was that there's the traditional response to Halloween, which is trick-or-treating & etc., but then there could be a Christian response, which should reflect God's love. I apologize for my naivity :-/<div>
</div><div>I don't think we  should be afraid to talk about things though. Aren't we here to learn from each other? However, if we do decide to engage...</div><div>
</div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Times;line-height:normal;font-size:medium;" class="Apple-style-span"><div style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10px;background-color:initial;background-image:none;background-attachment:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:#1f1f1f;font:normal normal normal 11px/14px Arial, sans-serif;text-align:left;">In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/cultural-wedding-boards_christian-weddings_christian-response-halloween?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Cultural%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:464687ae-7bc1-4360-9aea-999e11f1e1adDiscussion:8d2497fc-1fbb-47c3-8c58-9076ffaed8bbPost:530eaac1-234a-4334-a8c5-eeeef64ddd6a">Re: Christian response to Halloween</a>:
[QUOTE]Let us be thoughtful in our word choice, seeing it from others' perspectives.  Thinking about our intentions and the various ways our wording could be understood will serve to keep misunderstandings to a minimum.
Posted by DramaGeek[/QUOTE]
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</div><div style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10px;background-color:initial;background-image:none;background-attachment:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:#1f1f1f;font:normal normal normal 11px/14px Arial, sans-serif;text-align:left;">I agree 100%. We should take a moment to prayerfully consider the words that were said and the words that we will use, but we should remember that we're only human and others will sometimes fail, like I did, </div><div style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10px;background-color:initial;background-image:none;background-attachment:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:#1f1f1f;font:normal normal normal 11px/14px Arial, sans-serif;text-align:left;">and instead of getting angry at each other, we should try to explain ourselves. Always with love. Just like Jesus :)</div></span></div>

mrandmrsbrist

If you want to do something extraordinary on Halloween, by all means go ahead. I'm not saying you shouldn't. What I'm saying is that you could do this on any day out of the year, but you're choosing Halloween because of your beliefs of what it is...or isn't.

What gets me, Star, is that you have a history of starting threads like this and getting involved in threads and turning them into things like this. I'm all for conversation and talking like growns up, but I don't see a point in labeling something Christian or not.

musicalsunlight

I really don't see any correlation in trick or treating/Halloween participation as a child, and then later on being deliquent or drinking excessively. I did not know one child growing up that DIDN'T trick or treat. Some of them went toward a deliquent life, but I'd say 98% of them didn't. I guess that is what really bothered me out of all of this.

SuMmErKuTiE

I didn't read all the responses, but growing up going to Christian school I was one of the only kids in my class that went trick or treating and I find that really sad. I don't view Halloween as an evil holiday. Most kids don't even realize that, and it's a fun night for a kid to be a kid. Some of my best memories as a child was being excited about my new costume and going out with my cousins or friends and getting candy. We so looked forward to it every year. My mom just had one rule.. that I wasn't allowed to dress up as a witch or anything over the top gory/scary. I will be using the same rule with my future children.

I think it's worse when you're one of the kids who's not allowed to go, and all your friends are out having fun and getting candy. It can also be embarassing as the other children wouldn't understand why you can't go, and I wouldn't want to do that to my child.

Once I got older and wasn't trick or treating anymore, I started going out to Halloween parties instead which was a lot of fun to see everyone dressed up in crazy costumes and just having a good time. College was a blast for that, and it was a riot to see what some people made into a costume. One of my favorite memories in college was dressing up with one of my friends as hula girls. DH and I also did some "joint costumes". One year we were mobsters.. another year we were pirates, etc.. so much fun!

This year we'll either go to a Halloween party or dress up and hand out candy to the kids in our new neighborhood. Haven't figured it out yet. Either way, I definitely don't think Halloween should be shunned as an evil holiday as long as you yourself don't make it that way. For most people it's a fun night to dress up in costumes and either go out and get candy, pass out candy, or go to a fun party.

SuMmErKuTiE

Ahhh.. I went back and saw this post had more to do with whether or not your church does anything for the holiday.

I remember when I was younger my youth group would have a "harvest party" the week of Halloween. We'd have all these stations set up for like bobbing for apples, different games, pie eating contests, etc.. and there would be prizes for the games and for the best costume as you could come in a Halloween costume. It was a lot of fun and it was nice to see a church not acting like the holiday was of the devil. There was always a Biblical message tied in to one of the games and it was refreshing to see the holiday acknowledged and made fun.

xstarx05x

musicalsunlight -- you're right, and I revised what I initially said. I was wrong to say that. I'm sorry that my irrational conclusion upset people. <div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman';line-height:normal;font-size:medium;" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color:#1f1f1f;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:11px;line-height:14px;" class="Apple-style-span">
</span></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman';line-height:normal;font-size:medium;" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color:#1f1f1f;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:11px;line-height:14px;" class="Apple-style-span">[QUOTE]I'm also sorry because I was overgeneralizing when I said I felt like trick or treating could make kids more likely to fall into the partying/immoral side of Halloween. It's definitely more their upbringing that causes their actions. I guess I was just trying to say that I didn't like how Halloween (another example would be St Patrick's Day) creates an excuse for some people to party and act immorally.</span><span style="color:#1f1f1f;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:11px;line-height:14px;" class="Apple-style-span">[/QUOTE]</span><div style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10px;background-color:initial;background-image:none;background-attachment:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:#1f1f1f;font:normal normal normal 11px/14px Arial, sans-serif;text-align:left;">
</div><div style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10px;background-color:initial;background-image:none;background-attachment:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:#1f1f1f;font:normal normal normal 11px/14px Arial, sans-serif;text-align:left;">But still, that wasn't the purpose of this thread. Just wondering what everyone does on Halloween :)</div><div style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10px;background-color:initial;background-image:none;background-attachment:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:#1f1f1f;font:normal normal normal 11px/14px Arial, sans-serif;text-align:left;">
</div><div style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10px;background-color:initial;background-image:none;background-attachment:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:#1f1f1f;font:normal normal normal 11px/14px Arial, sans-serif;text-align:left;">Summerkutie -- I appreciate that you had a closer look at the thread :)  Those costumes sound funny. I can never come up with something creative! My SIL was a nun one year... while she was pg LOL those activities at your church's harvest festival sound fun, and it's a good alternative for parents who are uncomfortable with their kids trick or treating (e.g. bc of strangers) or if you live in a rural area where it's not really an option.</div><div style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10px;background-color:initial;background-image:none;background-attachment:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:#1f1f1f;font:normal normal normal 11px/14px Arial, sans-serif;text-align:left;">
</div><div style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10px;background-color:initial;background-image:none;background-attachment:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:#1f1f1f;font:normal normal normal 11px/14px Arial, sans-serif;text-align:left;">mrandmrsbrist -- it sounds like you're expecting me to say something offensive before you even read what I say. I apologize for the times I didn't think enough through an idea I had before posting it. Please forgive me. I'd also like to remind you that i'm not labelling anything right or wrong, Christian or non-Christian.</div><div style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10px;background-color:initial;background-image:none;background-attachment:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:#1f1f1f;font:normal normal normal 11px/14px Arial, sans-serif;text-align:left;">
</div></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman';line-height:normal;font-size:medium;" class="Apple-style-span"><div style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10px;background-color:initial;background-image:none;background-attachment:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:#1f1f1f;font:normal normal normal 11px/14px Arial, sans-serif;text-align:left;">[QUOTE]I'm not telling anyone what to believe or what to do, but suggesting that you always challenge your own beliefs and actions, asking yourself, "How can I be more like Jesus in this scenario?" because there is *always* some way to be more like him! [/QUOTE]</div><div style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10px;background-color:initial;background-image:none;background-attachment:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:#1f1f1f;font:normal normal normal 11px/14px Arial, sans-serif;text-align:left;">
</div><div style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10px;background-color:initial;background-image:none;background-attachment:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:#1f1f1f;font:normal normal normal 11px/14px Arial, sans-serif;text-align:left;">I still agree with you that we can do something extraordinary on any day of the year, but it's nice to set an event at a memorable time of year. For example, running a luncheon for the homeless & needy on Christmas.</div></span></div>

FaithCaitlin

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/cultural-wedding-boards_christian-weddings_christian-response-halloween?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Cultural Wedding BoardsForum:464687ae-7bc1-4360-9aea-999e11f1e1adDiscussion:8d2497fc-1fbb-47c3-8c58-9076ffaed8bbPost:9c7a66e8-1674-4a28-8387-35027d4e28de">Re: Christian response to Halloween</a>:
[QUOTE]I will probably regret getting involved in this later, but I don't care ... I feel like when questions like this are asked on this board, they are questions that we in the journalism industry call "Gotcha" questions ... they are questions that are asked with an agenda in an effort to get a rise out of certain people and cause conflict and drama. I feel like this is what this thread has become. I despise this, because I think especially on this board it creates an environment that turns people off. I know I have started participating less and less because of it. Let's stop this, please.
Posted by agape1cor813[/QUOTE]

Amen. I have always felt that the Christian board was the safest and nicest on the board. Recently, I've been feeling differently. I feel that sometimes we are very judgemental and forget the LOVE thing that we preach. This isn't directed at the creator of this thread but all of us, IMO.

xstarx05x

<div style="background-color:initial;background-image:none;background-attachment:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font:normal normal normal 11px/14px Arial, sans-serif;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman';line-height:normal;font-size:medium;" class="Apple-style-span"><div style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10px;background-color:initial;background-image:none;background-attachment:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:#1f1f1f;font:normal normal normal 11px/14px Arial, sans-serif;text-align:left;">[QUOTE]I have always felt that the Christian board was the safest and nicest on the board. Recently, I've been feeling differently. I feel that sometimes we are very judgemental and forget the LOVE thing that we preach. This isn't directed at the creator of this thread but all of us, IMO.
Posted by FaithCaitlin[/QUOTE]
</div></span></div><div style="background-color:initial;background-image:none;background-attachment:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font:normal normal normal 11px/14px Arial, sans-serif;text-align:left;">
</div><div style="background-color:initial;background-image:none;background-attachment:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font:normal normal normal 11px/14px Arial, sans-serif;text-align:left;">I agree. It sucks when our human side interferes with our Christian intentions :( I'm confident that everything that is said on this board is out of love, but I think we can get so passionate about our feelings that we forget how to convey them in a Christ-like way, or jump to conclusions (guilty).</div>

aggiebug

I think teaching your children about alcohol and responsibilty has a much greater impact on their future actions than allowing or disallowing their participation in Halloween or st pattys day.

naomikb

I wish I had been on the other day when this started.

I'm with several of the people on here (MrsBrist, Caitlin, Rebecca, Sessions...) that I dress up for Hallowe'en every year, and since I have lived on my own (without my parents) I have handed out candy every year.  I go to Hallowe'en parties where there is alcohol (I even drink it) and play silly games (bobbing for apples, donut on a string) with my friends.  I don't participate in any "satanic" rituals.

I also participate in local "harvest festivals" with biggest-pumpkin contests, demolition derby, and cotton candy.

As a kid, Hallowe'en was awesome - I spent weeks coming up with a creative costume, and when we got home we sorted it, traded, and paid my dad "taxes" for chaperoning us around for the evening.  I think it is a fun day for kids to dress up and have some innocent fun.

Hallowe'en has become so far removed from any religious affiliation, along with mainstream Christmas, Easter, Valentine's Day, etc. that now (to most people) it is simply a day with a fun outing in the evening where candy makers and costume makers get to make some serious money off of people.

I don't think I'm a "bad Christian" because of any of this.

ETA: No, my church doesn't do anything special on Hallowe'en - we don't hand out candy and we don't have a harvest festival.  In the past we have had an Oktoberfest earlier in October though.

agape1cor813

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/cultural-wedding-boards_christian-weddings_christian-response-halloween?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Cultural%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:464687ae-7bc1-4360-9aea-999e11f1e1adDiscussion:8d2497fc-1fbb-47c3-8c58-9076ffaed8bbPost:0abeb280-1bfd-4f0d-88df-9eb1007d634b">Re: Christian response to Halloween</a>:
[QUOTE]I think teaching your children about alcohol and responsibilty has a much greater impact on their future actions than allowing or disallowing their participation in Halloween or st pattys day.
Posted by aggiebug[/QUOTE]

<div>THIS.</div>

RebeccaJac

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/cultural-wedding-boards_christian-weddings_christian-response-halloween?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Cultural%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:464687ae-7bc1-4360-9aea-999e11f1e1adDiscussion:8d2497fc-1fbb-47c3-8c58-9076ffaed8bbPost:5e5617c8-7543-4a94-b3e4-a35ac66dac74">Re: Christian response to Halloween</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Christian response to Halloween : Amen. I have always felt that the Christian board was the safest and nicest on the board. Recently, I've been feeling differently. I feel that sometimes we are very judgemental and forget the LOVE thing that we preach. This isn't directed at the creator of this thread but all of us, IMO.
Posted by FaithCaitlin[/QUOTE]

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</div><div>There's a huge difference between judging and pointing out when something is wrong-- especially when someone ASKS for opinions. I think that's been going on a lot lately especially wtih all the premarital sex threads. I honestly think the most loving thing to do is to speak truth. </div><div>
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mrandmrsbrist

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/cultural-wedding-boards_christian-weddings_christian-response-halloween?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Cultural%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:464687ae-7bc1-4360-9aea-999e11f1e1adDiscussion:8d2497fc-1fbb-47c3-8c58-9076ffaed8bbPost:5e5617c8-7543-4a94-b3e4-a35ac66dac74">Re: Christian response to Halloween</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Christian response to Halloween : Amen. I have always felt that the Christian board was the safest and nicest on the board. Recently, I've been feeling differently. I feel that sometimes we are very judgemental and forget the LOVE thing that we preach. This isn't directed at the creator of this thread but all of us, IMO.
Posted by FaithCaitlin[/QUOTE]

This again? Really?

I'd rather be known as a group of Biblically solid women who can hash things out and talk like adults (and I agree that it involves love and respect for one another), but not the board who all about rainbows and puppies and telling everyone everything they do is okay because we love them.

I also don't think that this conversation was anywhere near unsafe...

xstarx05x

<span style="color:#000000;font-family:Times;line-height:normal;font-size:medium;" class="Apple-style-span"><div style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10px;background-color:initial;background-image:none;background-attachment:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:#1f1f1f;font:normal normal normal 11px/14px Arial, sans-serif;text-align:left;">In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/cultural-wedding-boards_christian-weddings_christian-response-halloween?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Cultural%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:464687ae-7bc1-4360-9aea-999e11f1e1adDiscussion:8d2497fc-1fbb-47c3-8c58-9076ffaed8bbPost:0abeb280-1bfd-4f0d-88df-9eb1007d634b">Re: Christian response to Halloween</a>:
[QUOTE]I think teaching your children about alcohol and responsibilty has a much greater impact on their future actions than allowing or disallowing their participation in Halloween or st pattys day.
Posted by aggiebug[/QUOTE]

<div>Agreed :)</div><div>
</div><div>naomikb -- I think the only time we're ever a "bad Christian" is when we deliberately push God out of our lives</div><div>
</div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Times;line-height:normal;font-size:medium;" class="Apple-style-span"><div style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10px;background-color:initial;background-image:none;background-attachment:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:#1f1f1f;font:normal normal normal 11px/14px Arial, sans-serif;text-align:left;">[QUOTE]There's a huge difference between judging and pointing out when something is wrong-- especially when someone ASKS for opinions... I honestly think the most loving thing to do is to speak truth. 
Posted by RebeccaJac[/QUOTE]
</div><div style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10px;background-color:initial;background-image:none;background-attachment:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:#1f1f1f;font:normal normal normal 11px/14px Arial, sans-serif;text-align:left;">
</div><div style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10px;background-color:initial;background-image:none;background-attachment:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:#1f1f1f;font:normal normal normal 11px/14px Arial, sans-serif;text-align:left;">yes, judging is when you tell someone they're going to hell and think lesser of them as a person. not simply making a point (preferebly with biblical evidence). And obviously nobody asked for my opinion since I was the creator of the thread, but my OP said nothing about Halloween being wrong (the idea wasn't even mentioned until the first response).</div></span></div></div></span>

musicalsunlight

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/cultural-wedding-boards_christian-weddings_christian-response-halloween?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Cultural%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:464687ae-7bc1-4360-9aea-999e11f1e1adDiscussion:8d2497fc-1fbb-47c3-8c58-9076ffaed8bbPost:b87f662c-781b-411d-86de-62ae26d240f2">Re: Christian response to Halloween</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Christian response to Halloween : This again? Really? I'd rather be known as a group of Biblically solid women who can hash things out and talk like adults (and I agree that it involves love and respect for one another), but not the board who all about rainbows and puppies and telling everyone everything they do is okay because we love them. I also don't think that this conversation was anywhere near unsafe...
Posted by mrandmrsbrist[/QUOTE]

This exactly. Very articulately put. :)

fpaemp2011

I grew up in a very rural community that is not conducive to trick-or-treating.  Curvy roads, driveways can be 1/2 mile apart, so the churches in "town" do trunk-or-treat because it's just safer for the kids (and the residents at the senior home do trick-or-treating in their building, too). 

My parents would drive us an hour into the next county so we could go trick-or-treating in their friends' neighborhood with their kids.  We weren't allowed to dress up as anything "scary" or "gory," per parent/school guidelines.  (We could wear our costumes to school for the Halloween party, and the elementary kids have a costume parade through the high school hallway, since K-12 {only school in the county} is all in one building)

The church we're in now hosts "Fall Fest" on the 31st with trunk-or-treating.  The majority of our church members come from church splits when other churches in town went "too liberal" so the congregation is even more conservative than how I was raised.  

mrandmrsbrist

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/cultural-wedding-boards_christian-weddings_christian-response-halloween?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Cultural%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:464687ae-7bc1-4360-9aea-999e11f1e1adDiscussion:8d2497fc-1fbb-47c3-8c58-9076ffaed8bbPost:9d9e8143-64c2-42ec-b482-23c297b37d37">Re: Christian response to Halloween</a>:
[QUOTE]The majority of our church members come from church splits when other churches in town went "too liberal" so the congregation is even more conservative than how I was raised.  
Posted by fpaemp2011[/QUOTE]

Sounds like a really interesting church body...

fpaemp2011

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/cultural-wedding-boards_christian-weddings_christian-response-halloween?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Cultural%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:464687ae-7bc1-4360-9aea-999e11f1e1adDiscussion:8d2497fc-1fbb-47c3-8c58-9076ffaed8bbPost:616e0afd-2795-42b0-9531-0137583d7871">Re: Christian response to Halloween</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Christian response to Halloween : Sounds like a really <strong>interesting </strong>church body...
Posted by mrandmrsbrist[/QUOTE]
ah...that's the word I've been searching for...<div>
</div><div>Most of them are great...but we have a few that make me go <img src="http://cdn.cl9.vanillaforums.com/downloaded/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-undecided.gif" border="0" alt="Undecided" title="Undecided" /></div>

staybeautiful1717

This year, I'm going trick-or-treating for canned goods for a local food pantry with my Christian sorority.

I always went trick or treating when I was younger, but my mom took us to this one particular street in town. (Keep in mind that my town is tiny, less than 4k people...in the entire town, so everyone knows everyone. And yes, there is corruption, but it's a pretty safe place to live. My mom never had to worry about us playing outside or walking to the store to get something to eat/drink. We were always safe.) There's one particular street in town that is designated the "trick-or-treating" street. If you live on that street, you STOCK UP on candy, because that's where everyone goes to trick or treat. FYI, a lot of families (teachers at the school & their families) and elderly couples live on that street. So it's not a bunch of creepers. Also, our Main St with all the business (the court house, bank, etc) is a hot stop for trick-or-treating as well. Both very safe places to trick or treat. Whenever FI and I decide to have children later on, if we're still living here, we will take them trick-or-treating in those places. If we aren't living here, we'll take them to houses of people we know aren't total creepers or psychos.

xstarx05x

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[QUOTE]This year, I'm going trick-or-treating for canned goods for a local food pantry with my Christian sorority.
Posted by staybeautiful1717[/QUOTE]

<div>That's a neat idea :)  Were flyers put up or something prior so people would know to have canned goods?</div>

staybeautiful1717

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Christian response to Halloween : That's a neat idea :)  Were flyers put up or something prior so people would know to have canned goods?
Posted by xstarx05x[/QUOTE]

We're handing out/posting flyers the Thursday before to get the word around, then Monday we're going around to collect. I'm pretty excited! =]