Comments on: Costumes are on their way! http://mercerfamily.com/mercerjournal/archives/595 "As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD." Sun, 04 Dec 2011 07:31:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Becky http://mercerfamily.com/mercerjournal/archives/595/comment-page-1#comment-395 Becky Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:34:55 +0000 http://mercerfamily.com/mercerjournal/?p=595#comment-395 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. 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.

]]> By: Lindy http://mercerfamily.com/mercerjournal/archives/595/comment-page-1#comment-393 Lindy Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:39:03 +0000 http://mercerfamily.com/mercerjournal/?p=595#comment-393 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? 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?

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