[steve86]

"Good Lord, has everybody given in to the satanic trappings surrounding Halloween?

There is nothing cute or innocent about it. Halloween is of the devil."

I wouldn't put it quite that strongly within the context of children going out for treats but do lean in that direction.

And besides, I don't answer my front door, ever...

[Clutch Martin]

“I wouldn’t put it quite that strongly within the context of children going out for treats but do lean in that direction.”

Here’s a little something I’m paraphrasing:

We taught the children about Santa Claus and later they found out that it was only make believe. We taught the children about the Easter Bunny and later on they found out it too was only make beleive... and then we the children about Jesus...

The clever surprise is that nowadays they call them Merchant holidays. Because the merchants make out on all the gaudy glitzy junk that goes along with the fraud.