We let Rose dress up, but no ghosts or scary stuff.....only fun, cute, and pretty. She picked princess.
We also attended a pumpkin carving party at some dear friends of ours. It was a lovely event. It felt normal to me and Chad. Which was refreshing after spending so much effort trying to decide if we should scrap all things even remotely related to this holiday. We were all christian families, hanging out together, eating, having fun. The conversations were uplifting and encouraging in the Lord. We were glad we went. The next day was Halloween and we let Rose go get candy from some of our neighbors and then we headed over to a local church for a festival with games and candy.
All in all it was alright.
Rose still refers to her candy loot as "our" candy....referring to our family. To her it is all of ours, not just hers.
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When I was an RA in college I did an educational event on Halloween. To be honest, I went into the planning of the event with an agenda to teach my girls how wrong Halloween was and ended up changing my viewpoint in the process.
Yes, Halloween in itself in not a holiday we celebrate, but Trick-or-Treating from what I remember learning during my research, was created to curb the naughtyness on Halloween. The good children would go door to door to get a treat from their neighbors, while many other naughty children pulled pranks or tricks. I believe that this started back in the 1930's.
We choose to celebrate harvest and a time for thanks. We skip the ghouls and goblins and play up the pumpkins and friendly scarecrows. However, we are like you and respect our many friends who have opted out on trick or treating all together.
At this point, we don't feel convicted or a leading by God to omit this event in our families life.
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