Happy Halloween!

Millions of sparkling diamonds are scattered across the night sky. The full moon has never been so big nor so beautiful. The sound of the wind whistling died out as the sound of footstep and excited chatter among the streets overpowered it. The faint glow of the jack-o-laterns showcased the faces of clowns, batman, hannah montannas, ghosts, princesses, power rangers, indians, farmers, cats, dogs, police officers, cowboys...as they screamed with eager "Trick-or- Treat!" and their eyes lit when their reward of sugary goodness fall into their bucket and reassure them with the faint thump as it hit the bottom. The trick-or-treaters continued on their sense of adventure as they ran across lawns and streets to go to every house until their bags were filled to the brim.

We all have childhood memories of Halloween. Good or bad memories.Good memories can be of dressing up as anyone or anything you wanted to be, celebrating the occasion at school with apple bobbing contests, trading candies with your siblings, scooping out the orange slime with your father, and eating your favorite candies. Bad memories can be remembering the horror stories that your big sister told you that will forever scar you, or being scared by a friend wearing a hideous monster mask that scared you half to death, or watching horror movies that haunted your dreams for weeks.

Some Christians have a hard time with Halloween because of its roots and sometimes "evil" overtones with all the popular "be scared" or "be spoooky!" sayings. Based on their morals, should Christians celebrated Halloween or not? I think to answer that question, it's important to examine the history of Halloween. I found a blog that talks about that. I found it interesting that the word "Halloween" came from a saints holiday called "All Hallow's Eve." To find out more, the link is below:

http://blog.marshillchurch.org/2009/10/29/the-history-of-halloween-revisted/