That's funny how those numbers have diminished, huh??? I wonder why? lol!
I had a friend of mine tell me that she once handed out Bible tracts and candy the year after she had decided to stop celebrating Halloween with her kids. She said that this one woman became SO irrate with her and was screaming at her really loud in front of everyone on their street. She said just as it was happening an unsaved friend of her's (she was unaware of it at the time)had pulled up in a car and witnessed the whole fiasco. Her friend later told her on the phone that she had stopped by to show her her costume but drove off because she didn't know what to do witnessing this woman screaming at her! Her friend also was a bit sad that she hadn't told her that she had stopped celebrating Halloween because she would have never stopped by in the first place.

My friend now just takes her kids out somewhere instead of handing candy out to the beggars.

I like to take my kids to Chuck E Cheese or somewhere fun so they don't feel like they are missing out on anything. Bonus: The place is usually empty because most kids are trick or treating. We also do alternative celebrations at different churches.

Edited: Added the contents of your second post to this one. FYI, you have 6 hours open to you to edit any of your posts/replies here, so there was really no need to add a second reply. [Linked Image]

Last edited by Pilgrim; Mon Oct 17, 2005 6:17 PM.