Comments on: Hateful Halloween http://www.familymanlibrarian.com/2009/10/25/hateful-halloween/ A blog about family, technology, and libraries Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ashley http://www.familymanlibrarian.com/2009/10/25/hateful-halloween/comment-page-1/#comment-4671 Ashley Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:58:43 +0000 http://familymanlibrarian.com/2009/10/25/hateful-halloween/#comment-4671 I feel the same way. There are Halloween stores here, too. And it makes me sad when so many people - especially Christian friends - talk about how it's their favorite holiday. Paul and I both grew up not celebrating Halloween, and we are doing the same with our family. I'm still trying to figure out what that looks like, though. (Are "fall festivals" okay? Costumes? Trick-or-treating?) I feel the same way. There are Halloween stores here, too. And it makes me sad when so many people – especially Christian friends – talk about how it's their favorite holiday. Paul and I both grew up not celebrating Halloween, and we are doing the same with our family. I'm still trying to figure out what that looks like, though. (Are “fall festivals” okay? Costumes? Trick-or-treating?)

]]> By: Jane Janovyak http://www.familymanlibrarian.com/2009/10/25/hateful-halloween/comment-page-1/#comment-4672 Jane Janovyak Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:23:04 +0000 http://familymanlibrarian.com/2009/10/25/hateful-halloween/#comment-4672 You're making perfect sense to me, Steve. I share your feelings. We started down the trick-or-treat road years ago when the first kids were young, but it didn't last long for us. That was 28 years ago. Already, the decorations and costumes were getting too out of hand, and the sheer meanness of the teens out on the streets was disheartening to see. We gave it one more try when we moved to a small town in 1990, thinking things might be more low-key there, but, no, it was just as creepy.<br><br>The whole spread of the appetite for horror creeps me out about our culture. Saw VI? Clive Barker novels beside the cash registers in grocery stores? It makes me sad. You're making perfect sense to me, Steve. I share your feelings. We started down the trick-or-treat road years ago when the first kids were young, but it didn't last long for us. That was 28 years ago. Already, the decorations and costumes were getting too out of hand, and the sheer meanness of the teens out on the streets was disheartening to see. We gave it one more try when we moved to a small town in 1990, thinking things might be more low-key there, but, no, it was just as creepy.

The whole spread of the appetite for horror creeps me out about our culture. Saw VI? Clive Barker novels beside the cash registers in grocery stores? It makes me sad.

]]> By: Ashley http://www.familymanlibrarian.com/2009/10/25/hateful-halloween/comment-page-1/#comment-4639 Ashley Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:58:43 +0000 http://familymanlibrarian.com/2009/10/25/hateful-halloween/#comment-4639 I feel the same way. There are Halloween stores here, too. And it makes me sad when so many people - especially Christian friends - talk about how it's their favorite holiday. Paul and I both grew up not celebrating Halloween, and we are doing the same with our family. I'm still trying to figure out what that looks like, though. (Are "fall festivals" okay? Costumes? Trick-or-treating?) I feel the same way. There are Halloween stores here, too. And it makes me sad when so many people – especially Christian friends – talk about how it's their favorite holiday. Paul and I both grew up not celebrating Halloween, and we are doing the same with our family. I'm still trying to figure out what that looks like, though. (Are “fall festivals” okay? Costumes? Trick-or-treating?)

]]> By: Jane Janovyak http://www.familymanlibrarian.com/2009/10/25/hateful-halloween/comment-page-1/#comment-4636 Jane Janovyak Sun, 25 Oct 2009 11:23:04 +0000 http://familymanlibrarian.com/2009/10/25/hateful-halloween/#comment-4636 You're making perfect sense to me, Steve. I share your feelings. We started down the trick-or-treat road years ago when the first kids were young, but it didn't last long for us. That was 28 years ago. Already, the decorations and costumes were getting too out of hand, and the sheer meanness of the teens out on the streets was disheartening to see. We gave it one more try when we moved to a small town in 1990, thinking things might be more low-key there, but, no, it was just as creepy.<br><br>The whole spread of the appetite for horror creeps me out about our culture. Saw VI? Clive Barker novels beside the cash registers in grocery stores? It makes me sad. You're making perfect sense to me, Steve. I share your feelings. We started down the trick-or-treat road years ago when the first kids were young, but it didn't last long for us. That was 28 years ago. Already, the decorations and costumes were getting too out of hand, and the sheer meanness of the teens out on the streets was disheartening to see. We gave it one more try when we moved to a small town in 1990, thinking things might be more low-key there, but, no, it was just as creepy.

The whole spread of the appetite for horror creeps me out about our culture. Saw VI? Clive Barker novels beside the cash registers in grocery stores? It makes me sad.

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