Think About It

I was recently asked why I am not a big fan of Halloween. Now, let me go on record that I do like the days following Halloween because the good chocolate goes on mega-sale, but it is true that I am not thrilled with Halloween. To be completely candid with you, I am not so opposed to the day that we prohibited our children from participating, I just don’t really like what it has become. Sure, there is the “spirit world” aspect of it, but I think that thing that troubles me the most is how it has become an excuse for bad behavior. I have seen too many places egged, too many cars with their windows smashed by frozen pumpkins and too many people wandering around incapacitated by an evening of Halloween bar crawls. To top it off, it does concern me to see little children (and even adults) dressed up in cartoonish versions of the devil. (He doesn’t need any help disguising himself as “cute” – he his sneaky enough on his own.) Now, after all this, I am not saying that I will think less