Halloween is evil

Give me a break.

If your child wants to go trick-or-treating this Halloween - LET THEM! Halloween is not evil.Some people, mainly the pseudo-religious, are on their kick again this year that Halloween is somehow antagonistic to the church and as such must be abolished. I could possibly feel for their position on this if they had completed even a modicum of research and not taken their stance because of some random proclamation from an uptight and uninformed talk show personality spewed haphazardly in the quest for ratings.

Do you honestly think that children care if Halloween had its origins in some ancient festival from a Gaelic culture long since past. Most likely they do not. Halloween is simply a time for children to dress up and get together with their friends and stroll through the neighborhood collecting candy. Besides, the costumes I see are Hannah Montana, Frankenstein’s monster and a few nurses and firemen; not exactly pagan icons.

But the children might get led astray by this horrible pagan ritual. If you or your child has a faith system so fragile that they are led astray by Scooby Doo and a bite size Snicker bar, you have bigger problems on your hands.

But it’s dangerous to let them wander through the neighborhood alone. No kidding. Don’t be a moron; watch after your children just as you would on any other night. Instead of condemning the holiday, get off of the couch and go spend some time with them.

Let them be kids. There is little innocence left for them. Children are being forced to grow up too fast. Don’t take away Halloween too.

Get over yourself.