Halloween is a celebration of darkness, death, and fear. It has a long history in occult practices and it is plain to see how it is connected by the decorations that come out.
‘All those who hate Me love death.’ (Proverbs 8:36)
With my children I choose to celebrate life.
"The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full." words of Christ in John 10:10.
I believe in following God's Word every day of the year and bringing my children up in the fullness of it, without exceptions for cultural practices that don't line up.
"Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things." Philippians 4:8.
This verse says that we should not focus ourselves or our children on darkness, death, evil, scary and occult things. But whatever is good and lovely. My children dread Halloween decorations. In our neighborhood they tend to be particularly ghastly. Bloody heads hanging on hooks, rotting figures in cages and the like. This is disturbing to my little children and rightly so. I don't wish for them to be desensitized to what is cruel and inhumane.
Halloween is centered on fear. Scripture says in 2 Timothy 1:7, "For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind." Again in 1 John 4:18 it says "There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love."
I have heard it taught that fear is the opposite of faith. Interesting thought.
I choose to focus on the light of Christ and not on darkness.
Read about some orgins of Halloween symbols
here. There is much information on the subject and this is just one page I happened upon with good information.
