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I Corinthians 6:19 has to do with sexual sin, if you read the entire paragraph. It is an argument against people who like Bill Clinton think as long as they go to church and do good deeds, that sexual sin is not important.

That said, in the history of Christianity there are two threads. One is Puritan: That anything smacks of paganism is evil and cannot be redeemed. So throw out Christmas, which is a pagan feast, as well as Easter.

The other one says that things that are good and beautiful and helpful can be baptised with Christian meanings.
The danger of the first approach is that it descends to dull narrowminded legalism. The danger of the second one is that such celebrations can revert to forget the Lord.
Calvin followed the first one (Luthur did not).
Catholicism traditionally follows the second way.
It recognizes that God works in the culture.

Haloween is the extention of All Saints day, on Nov 1.
As usually practiced, children dress like heros, or sometimes as Ghosts etc. They can emulate heros, and by trivilaizing ghosts and creatures they fear, allow them to confront their fears with laughter. It is also a way to get to know your neighbors, and increases solidarity in the neighborhoods.

If Christians ignore the feast, it allows the negative to take it over.

One reason art and music in the US is so anti Christian is because too many puritanical churches ignored art and music as "pagan" influences.

Is God calling you to withdraw into solitude to keep the faith alive, or is this withdraw the need to feel superior to "pagans"?

And for those who celebrate, is God saying a harmless holiday where children emulate heroes okay, or is it because you are too weak to oppose the growing occult movement that has hijacked Haloween?

I Corinthians 6:19 has to do with sexual sin, if you read the entire paragraph.

It also has a broader meaning: your body is not your own. It also strikes at the question of abortion and the "right to choose." (I personally see abortion as a summary execution of the innocent.)

Paradoxically, All Hallows' Eve was also a night when young people performed magical rituals to determine their future marriage partners. The youth of the villages carried on with much merry-making and sensual revelry,... (from the original article)

I Corinthians 6:19

And for those who celebrate, is God saying a harmless holiday where children emulate heroes okay,...

If you are a Christian, you are supposed to emulate Jesus and have no other gods before you? For those who do celebrate, who is really the celebrant, God or Mammon?