What is the spiritual or moral significance of birthday celebrations? I'm wonderful just because I managed to work my way out of the womb on this day, so give me stuff? What is the spiritual or moral significance of an Easter egg hunt? If we are nice to rabbits we get chocolate? We do these things because they provide FUN family time. Halloween is fun. Does every childhood experience have to have moral significance?
Do we cancel events because there are those that abuse them? There are rowdy drunk fans at football games, but most people enjoy them without such behavior. The vast majority of children do not vandalize on Halloween and the vast majority of neighborhoods experience no problems. Vandalism is a teenage issue and the result of lax parenting; those are kids who will cause trouble somehow, regardless of the situation.
Kids like dressing up. They like candy. As for sigificance, I would say carving a pumpkin with mom and treat or treating with dad is pretty important bonding time.
Heck, if you don't want to let your kids trick or treat, fine. But it appears you would ban the holiday if you could and that is what is bothersome.
Right. That is why it is better to celebrate the namesday instead in honor of the patron saint.
What is the spiritual or moral significance of an Easter egg hunt? If we are nice to rabbits we get chocolate?
The significance is to trivialize the most lofty and glorious holiday.
We do these things because they provide FUN family time. Halloween is fun.
Fun is a bastardized form of joy or pleasure.