What we do and don't celebrate in October

There is a lot of controversy in the "Christian" community about whether or not its OK to celebrate Halloween or anything surrounding it. I'm not really going to go into that here though, I'm just going to tell you my perspective and what we do.

We don't celebrate Halloween. We don't decorate with witches or goblins or ghosts. We don't let our children go door to door trick or treating. We don't allow our children to dress in scary costumes. The Bible is clear about staying away from evil, witchcraft is evil, ghosts are evil spirits/demons, trick or treat implies "if you don't give us a treat we will play a trick on you".

We do enjoy celebrating fall, the change of the season, pumpkins, fall colors, harvest, dressing up in fun costumes, hay rides, and fall festivals. We usually attend at least 2 or 3 fall festivals during the month of October and we have a lot of fun! I don't consider theses festivals "Halloween alternatives" but rather festivals celebrating fall and I don't have a problem with that.

So there you have it. That's what we do.

Silas and I riding the hay ride at the downtown festival last year.