Culture truly is different from neighborhood to neighborhood. In our old neighborhood we would have over 200 trick-or-treaters visit our house on Halloween night. In the new neighborhood, the houses are more spread out, and there aren't as many kids. And...there's a nice church behind our house that sponsors an annual Fall Festival on Halloween night as an alternative to celebrating Halloween. Thanks to the church and their generosity, we saw not one trick-or-treater last year. This year we had one--that was because the church scheduled their fall festival earlier and that child's mom didn't know it, so the child got no candy.
Our younger kids got to go next door to the church and get candy and play a little, too. They dressed up for the fun of it. We are thankful for the people at the church next door for thinking of their neighbors. They make it very convenient to avoid following the crowds and celebrating a holiday that has increasingly become darker, more violent, and more occult.
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