Why Our Family Doesn’t Do Halloween

Charting Course ^ | 10/18/2014 | Steve Berman

[rlmorel]

"...A harvest festival celebrates reaping crops as the fruits of one’s labor. It is connected to the reality of life as a cycle of birth, death, & renewal. Nothing morbid about that..."

How hypocritical of you to say that! Wheat and corn, standing tall in the warm sun, their green and amber stalks waving gently to and fro in the light breeze, and...hark! There is the discordant sound of evil human machinery, smoking and clanking, causing innocent birds and insects to flee in terror in every direction.

As the sound gets louder, the shadow of this "reaping" machine overshadows the innocent plants like a cold hand of death, which for these harmless, innocent living things, it is.

Then, in a swift motion, their existence is painfully blotted out by having their tops and bottoms severed, or having their their nurturing roots, their very hearts, ripped brutally from their womb of the ground.

Only a heartless human-centric, selfish person would think that a harvest festival is harmless.

Upon re-reading my post, it really doesn't sound much different than the Halloween is evil crowd.

[rlmorel]

"...Halloween is fun, alright, but if you take a step back and look at what values we're teaching our kids, you'll see how ruinous our path is..."

The very person who wrote this is probably falling all over themselves to put up rainbow flags outside their "church" to be "inclusive".

[lifeofgrace]

The very person who wrote this is probably falling all over themselves to put up rainbow flags outside their "church" to be "inclusive".

Nonsense.

[TheRobb7]

We celebrate it as Reformation Day. Just to make sure that no one comes asking for candy, we turn off the front porch light.

[Hoodat]

Yep, same story here, except that we turned the money in at church instead.

[miss marmelstein]

That’s sounds great. Happy Halloween to your crumb crunchers!

[miss marmelstein]

This was endemic in NY - those little UN boxes. My mother refused to give pennies for it when the kids came around. But they could have a chocolate treat.

[DJ MacWoW]

I thought more would get it too. There are only two forces in the world and if it's not from God...................

His website is down.

[humblegunner]

For all the trolls..

You calling us trolls, Steve?

[lifeofgrace]

You calling us trolls, Steve?

You calling me one of them versus one of us? There are trolls all over.

[Nifster]

all I ask is some logical consistency

[rllngrk33]

You are not supposed to expect anything when giving away things.

I guess after several dozen groups of kids coming to my door for free stuff, a simple thank you from just one of them is too much to expect.

[freedomfiter2]

Same here.

[rlmorel]

Uh huh.

[Cloverfarm]

Just do what we did ...

Dont’t take the kids with you to the store in October. There are too many nightmarish decorations.

Have a hay ride or bonfire for the kids and their friends.

Tell the kids it used to be a little fun thing when you were little but immature grown ups screwed it up.

Finally, buy Halloween candy, turn off the porch lights and eat the candy yourselves.

Problem solved ;-)

[napscoordinator]

Thanks! I know it is not the best holiday. I am going to mass on Saturday and Sunday this weekend since the first is on Saturday. Have a good one. I guess I am still upset over the Columbus Day negativity. lol. I suppose I should buckle up for Christmas as the negativity should start anytime now.

[DJ MacWoW]

Obama has tried very hard to make Christmas secular. Yeah. We should buckle up.

[lifeofgrace]

Just do what we did ...

Basically, we do.

[Does so]

Saying, “Trick or Treat” is a phrase of threat.