As close as it is now to October 31, the phrase “Happy Halloween” is as commonly seen as leaves are one the ground.  Of course, most of us being Christians, we all know about the annual contoversy that rides shotgun with the holiday.  Some of us were raised knowing that it is not a Christian-like holiday, and a few of us refuse to celebrate the holiday.  To get to the point, I am not going to celebrate Halloween this year, or from now on.  Instead, I will be replacing this satanic holiday with a German alternative, Reformation Day.  Yes, on October 31, I, like the Germans will be celebrating Reformation Day.
  For those of you who might not know, Reformation Day was established to commemorate the begging of the Protestant Reformation.  On Ocober 31, sometime in the Middle Ages, Martin Luther posted the 95 Theses, which started the Reformation, which in turn brought about several of the denominations we know of today.
  As a Christian, I find this holiday to be more appropriate for celebration than the other.  In all respect, you are still free to live October’s end any way you want, but I still think we should follow the Germans’ example for this particular occassion.  My final question is, “Will you join me in celebration of this alternative?”

We talked about Reformation Day at church a couple of weeks ago.

It makes better sense for Christians to celebrate this instead of a day derived from pagan principles.  Plus, it removes the stumbling block that Satan continually places in front of us during this time of year.

That being said, I think there is a difference between celebrating a holiday because we fall victim to the vices of the world and because its a part of our national culture.  Sort of a “eating meat sacrificed to pagan gods” sort of thing.  If I am around someone who is morally opposed to Halloween, I don’t fly it in their face, but I don’t keep out of it based on the fact that some Christians have objections either.