Costumes are on their way!
Well, the children have made their costume decisions for Halloween 2008. Their choices were narrowed somewhat due to the fact that Disney.com had free shipping on Monday (score!), and I really didn’t feel like combing the entire internet for some of their more obscure ideas. DS decided on a very spiffy looking Captain Hook costume, and DD was quite enamored with a purple fairy outfit (pictured.) I think these will do quite nicely. They should be arriving at our door tomorrow!
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Wow, Halloween is really big in the US. I had no idea that you ordered costumes, it sounds like quite a big event. SA hasn’t really got into celebrating Halloween yet. It’s unusual for us.
Do Christians do Halloween too then, pardon me asking?
Hi Lindy! To answer your question, some Christians feel o.k. with some aspects of trick-or-treating/Halloween, some don’t. Besides our children choosing their costumes, we as a family don’t make a big deal out of the actual Halloween holiday. Instead, we host a dinner with extended family that night, and focus on them and having a nice meal together, as opposed to all the dark, haunted house/ghost stuff. The kids trick-or-treat to a few houses on our street. They are also not allowed to choose any goulish, scary costumes.
Mind you, this is only how we choose to deal with the holiday. Other Christian families choose to attend family nights/”fall festival” parties at church on that night, others avoid the holiday all together.