I’m surprised the kids knew who Jesus is! And the thorns were a testimony to His suffering. Planting seeds. Good. Holloween, yuk. Celebration of death is what it has become.
But the boy is not a Christian - for all the story says, he did it because his friends said he should because he has long hair.
The celebration of Death is why we don’t participate. Even here in Baptist Land - you’ll find haunted houses, etc at churches! No one thinks anything of it. One foot in the world, one foot in heaven - “cultural christianity” is the norm. Whatever happened to reverence for the King of Kings?
Anyway. I have neighbors who adopted 6 kids from Kenya. The children were horrified at the USA’s obsession with Halloween. Over there, they have REAL witchcraft, Satanism, Paganism, animal sacrifices, voodoo, etc - it’s serious stuff.
Here - we treat it like a joke and laugh at death. Kids at my daughter’s school are told “spooky stories” during library class. Here’s a spooky story - people who die without Christ will spend an eternity in hell surrounded by devils and evil spirits. Enjoy!