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Comments on Halloween
I'm just wondering if the friends in your area get involved with Halloween and, if so, to what extent?
When I first professed back in the mid 70's I recall that the friend's children did NOT go out on Halloween--just wasn't done! I think they did hand out candy at their doors though.
If Halloween fell on a Wednesday the Wednesday meeting was moved to Tuesday or Thursday. A sensible idea of course what with the door bell ringing all evening.
I remember one Halloween there was a "traveling supper" for the teens. They drove about to various friends' houses and had salad here, meat there, corn somewhere else, etc. until they had a full course meal. They dressed up too!
Sometime in the late 80's I noticed a big change in that the little kids began to dress up and go door to door too. All of a sudden there didn't seem to be any problem with Halloween.
I don't know why this changed. 6/97
When I was a child we always went out for Halloween. In fact I wore a witch costume one time that my professing mom made for me! My sister (who is a worker now) won first prize for the Robin Hood costume my mom made for her. I was unaware of what other professing people did on Halloween. I do remember once having to go out 'trick or treating' at about 4 o'clock, because it was meeting night. I was very disappointed, because none of my friends were going out until about 6 o'clock. Anyway, it was always fun, and if my folks frowned on it, it would be a surprise to me.
While I studied with Jehovah's Witnesses, I was taught that Halloween was a definite No No. I remember turning off our lights, sitting on the floor and pretending to be away when the door bell rang.
