Halloween Fun is Expensive

It is estimated that almost eight billion dollars is spent every year on Halloween, which comes out to an average of about $80 per citizen.

But this is not the only expense we have to worry about.

The origins of Halloween go all the way back to 835 A.D. when Pope Gregory IV designated November 1st as “All Saints Day,” and the evening prior, October 31st, as “All Hallow’s Eve.”

What the church tried to do is to Christianized a pagan holiday honoring the Celtic god Samhain, which is translated as “The lord of the dead.” On this night it is said that all hell breaks loose on the earth, as ghosts, evil spirits, and witches roam about the countryside.

Today Halloween is considered the most high and holy day for all witches, neo-pagans, and the occult. It is Satan’s high and holy day, and a night in which satanic arts are practiced. According to the Encyclopedia of New Age Beliefs, it is a time for “working charms, spells, and divinations.”

Is Halloween just a bunch of innocent fun, or are we masking over something far deadlier and insidious? By participating are we lending support and approving something that is unholy and evil?

God has called us to be a separate and holy people who have been called out to give Him praise (1 Peter 2:9). Can we say that when we celebrate Halloween?

Paul gives us a whole list of things that the unrighteous do, saying that they are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice, gossip, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful (Romans 1:29-30). But Paul doesn’t end it there. He ends with these words.

“Who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them.” (Romans 1:32)

Therefore, I think it is safe to say that Halloween fun is more expensive spiritually than it is economically.