Halloween is my least
favorite holiday. Sorry kids, small and big. I am not opposed to costumes (I
was a theatre major); nor candy (have you seen my shape?). I loved saying “Trick
or Treat for UNICEF” when I was a boy.
What bothers me is that we celebrate
only half of what Halloween represents. Halloween started to keep the spirits away on October 31. People dressed
up in disguises to avoid detection by roaming spirits. Churches held “All
Hallows Eve” services to ward away the spirits until the dawn of All Hallows
(Saints) Day on Nov. 1, which was the celebration of the saints in heaven.
Along the way we lost
the superstitions but still celebrate only the darkness. We stopped remembering
the light on All Saints Day, November 1, a day set aside to remember all those
who truly did die in Christ and now live and reign with him. (Cue “For All
the Saints”, and if you don’t know it, find it on YouTube!)
Yes, call me Halloween
Scrooge. I wish all of you ghosts and goblins a safe and happy Trick or Treat,
but, please, on Tuesday, remember a saint you love who lives in light.
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