Do you believe it is wrong to celebrate Halloween?

Question

There are some Crhistians who belive teaching your children to celebrate halloween is wrong? Do you, and why or why not?

I don't believe I said whether I thought it was wrong or right, did I?

Answer 1

Some people say that Christians shouldn't even celebrate Christmas because decorating Christmas trees is a pagan practice passed on throughout the years. I mean come on. Are we suppose to not buy calendars because each day is named after pagan gods? I am NOT down with worshipping demons and such, but I am down with having clean cut fun and knowing what my limits are. I will not be buying costumes of "satan", but you may see me rocking a fairy costume with my daughter. Go figure - Jesus is still my Lord and savior!

Answer 2

Why on earth should it be 'wrong'. It is a truly marvellous day for children - a memory to carry into old age. My God is not a hard God and would not under any circumstances think it 'wrong'. It is the 'Eve of all Hallows', the day before All Souls Day. Have a wonderful day with the children and give them some great memories. You don't have to spend a fortune, some apples and nuts, a bit of make-up, some old womens clothes and some games. Make a Barmbrack - a special treat. Read on:

Halloween Barmbrack.

At Halloween we had Barmbrack,
The memory, it takes me back,
To happy days of innocence,
When a bag of sweets cost just two pence.

The dressing up, from door to door,
‘Apples or nuts’ the children implore,
With faces black from cold burnt ash,
Still there next day, after a wash.

The Barmbrack was a special treat,
It looked too good to dare to eat,
The prizes cooked deep within,
The thought it made my young head spin.

A small brass ring that shone like gold,
The secret that its finding told,
That you would be the first to wed,
If you clung to it all night in bed.

A matchstick meant you would see the light,
That you would know wrong from right,
But best was last, a thruppenny bit,
That you’d be rich, if you found it.

Such silly things, to a small boy,
Used to bring unending joy,
Now all that’s left is the memory,
Of the beautiful times that used to be.
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Come on, Trick or Treat, Apples or Nuts, - try a sing-song - have a fantastic night................

Answer 3

No. It was once a pagan holiday, yes, but it does have Christian roots as well. Nov. 1 is All Saint's Day and Nov. 2 is All Soul's Day (aka, Dia de los Muertes, aka my birthday). Halloween mean's "All Hallow's Eve" and hallow means holy. So it means "The night before All Holy" It comes from a time when people thought the doors between the living and the dead were very thin at this time, so they had to dress up so the dead didn't know they were the living, while they waited for the Holy Day. Sounds weird, but so does the celebration of a half-man/half-god being born of a virgin in a barn.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Is it wrong to celebrate the Christian date (usually Nov. 1) known as The Day of the Dead? Quickly followed by All Saints Day?

The Day of the Dead was co-opted by early Christians in order to help convert pagans who celebrated Samhain - their day of the dead where it is believed that the veil between the two worlds is the thinnest. And somewhere along the line...

Samhain was co-opted by the AMERICAN holiday known as Halloween. Halloween's origins are purely American. You will not find it in Europe or anywhere else outside of North America. So, to answer your question, Halloween is completely benign. Let your kids enjoy it and have some fun playing dress-up!

Answer 6

No. it's kids dressing up to get chocolate. If they can't even look it up and find out what Hallow's Eve really is, then they should move on. Besides, who died and left those ppl in charge anyway? some of these ppl act like they're the god squad, policing what everyone else is doing. ask em if they celebrate christmas and easter, then tell them us pagans were the first to come up with every single tradition for those 2 holidays... including a "risen saviour"

Answer 7

I celebrate Samhain (Halloween), Yule, Imbolc, Ostara, Beltane, Litha, Lammas, and Mabon. But then again, I am a happy Pagan. Halloween was originally a festival of honoring the dead. Since it is Pagan in origin, some Christians say that anything not Christian is Satan worship, and honoring the dead, would then of course fall under that.

Answer 8

What I find ridiculous is that the tradition has somehow turned from secular to non-secular back to secular over the past couple years and now schools can barely talk about Halloween for fear of alienating the few students who don't believe it. Political correctness gone too far. Now my daughter will never have the opportunity to dress up for a school Halloween party like we all did when we were little. Bologna!

Answer 9

heck no, all in good fun. we used to have a southern baptist preacher whose wife covered every shelf in her house with halloween decor, and southern baptists are fussy about a LOT. also, i had a pentacostal friend who came to school a couple years ago dressed as blue off of blue's clues...anybody take a good hard look at easter? why doesn't anybody pick on that? it is ridiculous the things people choose to pick apart and then turn around and celebrate other things with wild abandon..

Answer 10

The only thing Jesus said to celebrate was the Memorial of his death (the Last Supper). Anything else a person celebrates is in harmony with the world and not in harmony with God, even if they try to say it has religious significance. For example, most everyone knows for a fact that Jesus was NOT born on December 25th, yet, they continue to celebrate Christmas as his birthday. The only ones who really benefit are the merchants. I rather doubt that God is pleased. In fact, the Bible says, "You make the word of God invalid because of your traditions."