[excitedmommy2007]

How do you feel about some churches scheduling “fall festivals” to replace Halloween because of the holiday’s dark origin?

[Lady Moonlight]

Isn't that like Christian schools giving kids certain non-Christian holidays off for "Records Day"?

The holiday is going to be there and trying to "cover it up" is kinda just silly. But there's nothing wrong with celebrating the changing of the seasons, the passage of time.

We celebrate Halloween as a time to dress up as fun creative things and eat candy. I don't really have any problems with it myself. We don't celebrate it as a pagan holiday, so therefore, I feel there's nothing wrong with it. Does that make sense? But that's my opinion.

In my church, we celebrate Reformation Day, when Martin Luther nailed his theses to the door of the church. We don't usually attend the Reformation Day service though. We probably should, but there's a lot of things we should probably be doing/not doing, so...

Anyways, interesting question.

LM

[Nicole_M]

LAME. It's all about the candy now. These kids aren't out there worshipping anything but Nestle and Hersheys!

[excitedmommy2007]

LAME. It's all about the candy now. These kids aren't out there worshipping anything but Nestle and Hersheys![/b]

haha so true!!

I do remember we had neighbors who gave out anti-halloween comics from their church and raisins! After a couple years of that, we skipped that house!

[Nicole_M]

sheesh, I don't know what's worse, getting anti-halloween comics or mary janes.

[Lady Moonlight]

Amen! I really don't like those!!!!!! Yuck!

LM

[excitedmommy2007]

sheesh, I don't know what's worse, getting anti-halloween comics or mary janes. [/b]

lol I know!!