Christianity With Tracey

I know that so many of you are wondering what a Christian should do about Halloween.  When I was a new Christian, I was not sure.  I loved Halloween as a child.  The only holiday I loved better was, of course, Christmas.

However, now that I love the Lord so, I just can’t see myself taking my five children to haunted houses or trick or treating with the chance or running into some pretty scary stuff.  Evil things are just evil in our home.  They aren’t “fun.”  I mean, there are a few kinda scary movies we watch…but nothing with gore, and nothing where the evil guy is considered fun or funny.  He has to loose like Satan will.  :o)

There is so much information out there about the origins of Halloween, Christian Halloween alternatives, and how some Christians react to Halloween.

Our family chooses to attend a roller skating event in our area of Maine called Skate For The Light Night.  A local skating rink plays Christian music for an evening and they give our CD’s, DVD’s, and a grand prize at the end of the evening.  It’s fun!  You might want to check with your local Christian radio station and find out what type of events are going on in your area at this time of year for Christians.

We live in a small neighborhood, so we don’t get any trick or treaters, but if we did I wouldn’t turn off my light and not answer the door.  I would definitely give out candy (GOOD candy!  You want them to tell their buddies to come by!) and Christian Halloween Tracts that were especially for children.  I mean, they might not ever hear about Jesus from anyone else!  I really think that Jesus would be sitting on His front porch, handing out yummies (maybe healthy ones…lol) and putting those little children on His lap and telling them all about the kingdom of heaven, ya know?  Jesus is SUCH a cool guy!  He loves children SO MUCH.  It just floors me that He loves my children more than I do…sigh…ok, back to what I was talking about.

I found these great Halloween Tracts (this site, too) for sale tonight while searching the internet for Christian Halloween tracts.  Here are some free printable Christian tracts, but they don’t have a Halloween theme.Halloween is always a tough holiday for me.  I mean, sometimes I feel the tug to participate.  When I do, I remember that Satan loves to tug at my heart for many things (drinking, drugs, defy my husband, yell at my kids, swear…)  Before I was a Christian, I went all out with decorations (I mean…ALL out…I loved Halloween intensely), costumes, parties, you name it.

I truly believe that it isn’t right for me to participate in it anymore, at least not the way I used to.  After reading information on the origins of Halloween, and since it tends to glorify evil spirits, I knew that it wasn’t right for me anymore.

However, if I lived in a neighborhood that had trick or treaters (we don’t…its small and folks around here take their children elsewhere), I would want to hand out Christian tracts that were designated for Halloween.

What we do on Halloween is an event called Skate for the Light Night.  It is a roller skating event at a roller rink near us in Topsham, Maine..  It’s a blast!  My kids get to skate around for about 2 hours while listening to great Christian music, CDs and DVDs are given out, and we eat a bunch of junk food.  This year I’m taking my 12, 9, and 6 year olds.  My 3 and 1 year olds are staying home with daddy.  :o)

Non-believers have no idea why Halloween would be considered wrong or bad, I suppose.  Well, maybe deep down they would feel a twinge of trouble since it is very frightening at times.  If we just shut out our light and ignore the trick or treaters, then won’t we be looked at as weird mean neighbors?  At least if we hand out tracts, we’re just looked at as weird neighbors.  Lol!

More Christian Halloween tracts (this one is pretty scary)…this one isn’t as scary (these are GREAT!)  Those only cost .15 per pack.  I’m going to order some to hand out at my church.  I’m sure there are plenty of families that would be willing to give these out to trick or treaters.