Comments on: What are you doing for Halloween? A short Saturday question.

By: Haley

Haley — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:16:42 +0000

I know that this comment is really, really late but it is SO worth it. A few months ago for halloween, about 12 of us (all good friends because we're at the same university) went trick-or-treating in a neighborhood near campus… as Christmas Carolers. We wore christmas sweaters, hats, scarves, santa hats, etc; rang doorbells, and then sang a carol to whoever answered. On top of that, we had instant mashed potato flakes that we threw in the air that looked like snow!

Best halloween EVER!!!!

By: joanna

joanna — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:26:35 +0000

Finally found the video of that
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By: Heather

Heather — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:10:19 +0000

You're not the only one who thought that. 'Hey, let's teach our kids that's it's a good idea to take candy from stranger's cars." True, they might not be a stranger to you, but does your 4-year-old know everyone in the church?

By: Mommy2EandS

Mommy2EandS — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:57:03 +0000

I’m commenting a bit late but I haven’t been able to read for the last several days. We have young ones (16 mo and almost 3) so we all dressed up and went trick-or-treating early with some friends then came home and had the kiddos help hand out candy. I agree with the comments about being a light to the world. We also used it as a lesson for our older kid (cuz the younger can’t quite understand yet) about loving our neighbors and sharing. We had probably close to 500 kids come by so we did a lot of loving and sharing!!! We also have a rule about nothing scary (no ghosts, witches, monsters, etc. )at Halloween mainly because of the age of our kiddos so we only decorated with pumpkins and dressed in very cute, non-provocative, non- scary costumes, which are unfortunately a little to hard to find, even for little bitties!!

By: Jenny Signer

Jenny Signer — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:39:25 +0000

I'm 25 and this was my first time to ever celebrate Halloween. My family didn't do the whole halloween thing. I have super conservative parents who don't believe in what halloween stands for. We were those people who turned out all the lights and watched TV in the back of the house. We also didn't watch movies with "magical" characters in them as children…no Aladin or Casper for me. I respect that and probably will raise my children in a similar way, but this year it was fun to let loose with some friends and dress up. I was a very cool pirate.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:39:17 +0000

Obviously, it’s a matter of conviction. OUR convictions (similar to yours) were confirmed last night when our friends in our small group told us that their next door neighbor came over on Halloween and told them she was Wicken. That’s right. A witch. Right next door! I wonder if she gets a kick out of innocent little kids running around immitating the the devil, witches, ghosts, etc.

By: jimbo

jimbo — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:06:15 +0000

taking our youngest out trick or treating after church service only had 2 kids plus 1 of my own for 6:30 class

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:45:02 +0000

For the first time in YEARS we did not have a trunk or treat, or a "harvest festival" so I actually got to pass out candy to kids at our house that we have only lived in for less than 2 years. We had TONS of kids! Man I kept missing their bags cause Ive never passed out candy like that before! lol. Anyway. I put together these fliers the week before inviting kids and their parent to come to our Church because we have a brand new Childrens facility we will be revealing really soon.
Oh! and I Dressed my dog up like a squirrel.

By: Becky Miller

Becky Miller — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:01:57 +0000

Amazing costume idea – I love it!

By: Rebeccamh

Rebeccamh — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:34:03 +0000

After handing out candy to the kiddos in my neigborhood, I was a 3 hole punch version of myself, copied from Jim in the 1st season of The Office. Just 3 black circles of paper, and you have a costume. It was awesome. And I was the designated driver, so I drove my friends all over town. It was pretty entertaining, actually. And I felt good about keeping them safe.