Background- Blake did not Trick or Treat when he was a kid or celebrate Halloween in any way as it does have very strong non- Christian origins as well as some very demonic and evil practices revolving around the holiday even today.
My family allowed us to dress up and trick or treat as long as our costume wasn't anything evil. I remember being an angel one year, a flower another year, my brother went as candy multiple years. My mom always had some kind of Christian sign on the window, and some years we had candy with scriptures on it as what we passed out.
The church we attend does a harvest festival with games to play, and each one gives out candy after you play.
Those were our options as we decided what we would be doing with our kids.
This year we went with the harvest festival. I felt it was a good compromise between the two different ways we were raised.
I was practically a celebrity, as I used to teach there so many people knew me and wanted to see the family that God gave us this year.
Grace tried to play a few games, but they were mostly too old for her. She quickly got tired of doing the games, and just wanted to run around (which we weren't going to let her do).
So we didn't even use all the tickets we got ( gave the rest away) only got her a little candy, and she didn't even have a great time. However, this trip took a 40 minute drive in traffic to get there, with a screaming child in the back (he doesn't like to be in the car if it isn't moving).
Next year we might make a different choice.
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