Some people, however, have a problem with halloween. They battle it by having special parties at church where kids dress up like Bible characters, have elaborate fall carnivals, Reformation parties, or "Trunk-or-Treats" (a clever name for a fall carnival held in the parking lot where people decorate their trunks and hand out candy from them, though I'm not quite sure why dressing up and going from trunk to trunk to get candy is inherently better than house to house in your neighborhood - except they're all close together and the people are all from church). These kinds of events can also be used as a huge community outreach opportunity.
That being said, in my opinion, we do not need to have a Christian alternative to every secular holiday. Instead of making a big deal about secular holidays, why not just celebrate the Christian holidays more intentionally!?!
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