I don't celebrate Halloween personally but I figured someone here would love this...
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Glad you're able to have a more grounded and relaxed perspective. It's a fun and good spirited holiday.
Yes, and a great time to get out and meet the neighbors. When I was a kid we would hide in the back of our house with all the front lights off so no one would knock on our door. Lots of praying, and making sure our grey cat didn't get out because people would kill the cat if they thought it was black.
You know, normal stuff. Side note, I never could figure out why our neighbors thought we were so weird.
“A little satanic grooming” is modern society. Unless you’re bunker livin’ all year long.
Trick or treating is a chance to bond with family and community. Take Satan out of Halloween by talking about these things - while participating.
Locking kids in the basement “for their own good” is what Biden does!
I get what you're saying, but the thing is, most of our culture has its roots in some ancient pagan ritual. For example we never celebrated Christmas or Easter either, since they come from pre-christian pagan festivals. So my parents would have argued that those holidays are also satanic as fuck, despite the christian facade. Same with Valentine's day. Oh what's the harm in a little grooming for pagan celebrations of fucking and fertility, right?
Then you look at birthday celebrations. Why do we light circular cakes on fire when it's someone's birthday? Turns out it was customary in ancient greece to bring an offering of a moon shaped cake to the Temple of Artemis, and they would light candles.
Then you look at the days of the week. Many christians will call Sunday "The Lord's Day" since they don't worship the Sun, after all. But what about the other days? Moonday? Thorsday? Saturnday? Every single day is named after some pagan deity.
I could go on, but the point is that we live in a cultural milieu, and it's up to each of us to define what of that culture is acceptable and what should be rejected. I can see the argument that halloween is explicitly a celebration of evil, but first of all I don't think it has to be. When my toddler dresses up like an elephant and walks around with her family getting candy from her neighbors, it's a magical experience for her that rewards social skills, bravery, and participation with candy. She gets to stay up late, be someone else, and experience something cool. She has no idea what a demon, zombie, mummy, vampire is.
Secondly, I don't see Halloween as a celebration of evil so much as it is a recognition of the power of facing your fears. So I think as the child matures, the true meaning of halloween matures with them. Just like Christmas, actually.