Sunday, October 18, 2015

Celebrating Halloween: Harmless fun or glorifying evil?

I was watching Wendy Williams the other day, and she said something about how she doesn't like to celebrate Halloween, because she believes it's an evil day for all the crazies to wreck havoc all over the world, but she was going to dress up, anyway. 

For many, Halloween (a*k*a* The Day Of The dead) is a fun, festive holiday, where people get to dress up in costumes, and pretend to be their favorite pop culture characters, such as witches, zombies, and vampires. Kids are excited about trick-or-treating and eating candy, while adults like to get out the horror movies, and get a little spooked while watching them. It's all in good fun, right? Or is it?

Many people, especially Christians, view Halloween as the Devil's holiday... a night where evil takes over the world, and anybody celebrating this holiday- 'the day that the Celts believed was a transition between the seasons, and a bridge to the world of the dead'- is glorifying the devil and his evil ways. Me, personally, I like the silliness of it all- the cute, sometimes corny costumes, giving out candy to the kids, eating caramel apples, being a little jumpy while watching scary movies and sipping on hot chocolate. 

What's your take on it? Do you view Halloween as fun and harmless, or as an evil day that should be done away with for good? 

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