When I was a child, I dressed up as David in the Bible, and I can remember being C-3P0.  We went to church people’s houses, and nothing was wrong.

Today, Christians avoid Halloween– and for good reasons.  It’s day commemorates an evil time period.  It is surrounded by gouls and the dead.

But that doesn’t mean that wearing costumes and dressing up is wrong.  In fact, one thing that we like to do is to get our children costumes that they can use to play dress up all year around.

And there are neat costumes like the one above– it’s one of the Wizard Of Oz Costumes.  And my kids love to dress up.  They dress up as Spiderman, as Dash from the Incredibles, etc.

One of the biggest problems that I have, though, with Halloween costumes and costumes that you can get from Halloween Costume Stores is that many costumes have gotten “sexy.”  And that they offer these to teens.  Teen girls now aren’t dressing up in modest or cute outfits, but allow teens the excuse of dressing like women of the night and saying “it’s just a costume.”

That I believe is wrong.

So, is Halloween innocent?  Should a Christian participate?

This Christian doesn’t think so, and doesn’t participate… but I don’t see anything wrong with playing dress up or wearing costumes.  Just not celebrating it on that night.

What about you?