Happy Halloween !

[Dario_M]

Today it's halloween. But i'm not sure or i'm supposed to celebrate halloween. Is halloween in our church doctrine a sin? Or is it okay for an LDS comunnity member to celebrate this feast. 

I ask this question because i really wanna celebrate halloween actualy. 💀👻🎃🎃🎃🎃

[Calm]

7 minutes ago, Dario_M said:

Today it's halloween. But i'm not sure or i'm supposed to celebrate halloween. Is halloween in our church doctrine a sin? Or is it okay for an LDS comunnity member to celebrate this feast. 

I ask this question because i really wanna celebrate halloween actualy. 💀👻🎃🎃🎃🎃

Not a sin.  Primary has a Halloween party every year since as long as I can remember, though now it’s a ward party.  My husband went as Santa Claus this year (he has always loved playing Santa Claus for the kids, even has his own suit now).  Lots of wards do Trunk of Treats, which if they don’t do it where you are, cars line up in a parking lot and the car or at least the truck is decorated in Halloween style and candy is handed out.  This happens where wards are spread out and going from door to door of members’ houses would take way too much time.  Last time we did this, we filled the trunk with dry ice so the kids had to reach into the fog to get their candy.  It was hard to maintain a dense enough fog due to the breeze though, I would not recommend it unless you bought a lot of dry ice, lol.

Edited October 31, 2024 by Calm

[Peacefully]

We took our grandsons to trunk or treat just the other night. Lots of spooky costumes. I love Halloween! 

[Dario_M]

1 minute ago, Calm said:

Not a sin.

 

Yeeey hihihihi. Me and my bf wanna go for trick or treat. Because we wanna injoy some free candy. 

1 minute ago, Calm said:

 Primary has a Halloween party every year since as long as I can remember, though now it’s a ward party.

Ooh wait! That is true. I can remember that in the time i was in Portugal they had a nice halloween party in my ward. I totaly have forgotten that. 

1 minute ago, Calm said:

 My husband went as Santa Claus this year (he has always loved playing Santa Claus for the kids, even has his own suit now).

How cute hihi.🎅

1 minute ago, Calm said:

 Lots of wards do Trunk of Treats, which if they don’t do it where you are, cars line up in a parking lot and the car or at least the truck is decorated in Halloween style and candy is handed out.

Here some people put also some decoration on their houses. 

1 minute ago, Calm said:

 This happens where wards are spread out and going from door to door of members’ houses would take way too much time.  Last time we did this, we filled the trunk with dry ice so the kids had to reach into the fog to get their candy.  It was hard to maintain a dense enough fog due to the breeze though, I would not recommend it unless you bought a lot of dry ice, lol.

Dry ice. Is that not dangerous? Bevore you know you have frozen kids. 🥶

[Calm]

1 minute ago, Dario_M said:

How cute hihi.🎅

It was a big hit.

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Here some people put also some decoration on their houses. 

They do that here as well, sometimes more than at Christmas.  But the ward trunk and treat is so members can see each other’s kids’ costumes and just have fun together.  Usually held either early enough on Halloween or on another day even so that kids can go door to door a well.

Edited October 31, 2024 by Calm

[Dario_M]

4 minutes ago, Peacefully said:

We took our grandsons to trunk or treat just the other night. Lots of spooky costumes. I love Halloween! 

Me too. I love halloween. I love the whole vibe of it. 

[Amulek]

2 hours ago, Dario_M said:

Or is it okay for an LDS comunnity member to celebrate this feast. 

I probably wouldn't characterize the LDS attitude as 'celebrating a feast,' per se - more like simply going along with the secularized aspects of the day.

I've got Jewish friends who take that same kind of attitude about Christmas - they've got no problem with Jingle Bells and lots of other aspects of the season. Can you make an argument that there is a Christological aspect to Frosty the Snowman (including humble beginnings, selflessness, death / resurrection)? I mean...I guess, but it's kind of a stretch because it's mostly just a fun story that doesn't carry any deep religious meaning and everyone can enjoy it.

I think Saints view Halloween the same kind of way, where the number of people just partaking in the secular / fun aspects far outweigh the number of people who attach any sort of religious meaning to it.

 

Edited October 31, 2024 by Amulek

[MiserereNobis]

Just a reminder that this is "All Hallow's Eve" because tomorrow is "All Hallow's Day" or "All Saints Day", the celebration of all saints and martyrs. "All Saints Day" is a holy day of obligation, meaning that Catholics must attend mass. Then the following day is "All Souls Day", a day to remember and pray for the deceased (Day of the Dead).

[Dario_M]

7 hours ago, MiserereNobis said:

Just a reminder that this is "All Hallow's Eve" because tomorrow is "All Hallow's Day" or "All Saints Day", the celebration of all saints and martyrs. "All Saints Day" is a holy day of obligation, meaning that Catholics must attend mass. Then the following day is "All Souls Day", a day to remember and pray for the deceased (Day of the Dead).

Oh. Well that's nice to know. 

[Dario_M]

8 hours ago, Amulek said:

I probably wouldn't characterize the LDS attitude as 'celebrating a feast,' per se - more like simply going along with the secularized aspects of the day.

 

Yeah get that. I'm happy that it's allowed for saints to injoy this feast as well. Me and my boyfriend have injoyed halloween a lot yesterday. 

8 hours ago, Amulek said:

I've got Jewish friends who take that same kind of attitude about Christmas - they've got no problem with Jingle Bells and lots of other aspects of the season. Can you make an argument that there is a Christological aspect to Frosty the Snowman (including humble beginnings, selflessness, death / resurrection)? I mean...I guess, but it's kind of a stretch because it's mostly just a fun story that doesn't carry any deep religious meaning and everyone can enjoy it.

Yeah Christmas is a differend storie offcourse. For Christmas i don't need to ask other saints or we are allowed to celebrate Christmas. Because i allready know we may.

8 hours ago, Amulek said:

I think Saints view Halloween the same kind of way, where the number of people just partaking in the secular / fun aspects far outweigh the number of people who attach any sort of religious meaning to it.

 

I also think that. 

[Tacenda]

My daughter-in-law from Ecuador grew up as a Jehovah's Witness. She isn't practicing now but her mother is pretty staunch. I felt a little guilt 2 years ago when in the middle of a birthday lunch she said it was her first time celebrating a birthday in her lifetime. So after hearing that, with the waitress too, we tried to make it really fun for her. And then I realized there might be some uneasiness for her to celebrate when it isn't kosher in her religion. But she's enjoying all the holidays now, that we celebrate in the US. Which for members of the LDS church, there is a whole host of holidays mean't to be celebrated, even though it's basically Pagan to do so. 

Edited November 3, 2024 by Tacenda

[Calm]

1 hour ago, Tacenda said:

even though it's basically Pagan to do so. 

It is only pagan if you believe the previous pagan teachings around them. Symbols do not inherently mean something. If we don’t give them a meaning, then they don’t mean that. If we don’t believe a spell is witchcraft, then reciting the spell is not witchcraft (perhaps because one is playing a part in Macbeth).  If we don’t believe we need to dress up in costume to avoid ghosts and demons on Oct 31, but just do it for fun, we are not pagans or behaving like pagans. We are simply having fun. 

[Tacenda]

Just now, Calm said:

It is only pagan if you believe the previous pagan teachings around them. Symbols do not inherently mean something. If we don’t give them a meaning, then they don’t mean that. If we don’t believe a spell is witchcraft, then reciting the spell is not witchcraft (perhaps because one is playing a part in Macbeth).  If we don’t believe we need to dress up in costume to avoid ghosts and demons on Oct 31, but just do it for fun, we are not pagans or behaving like pagans. We are simply having fun. 

I know, which after reading I should have edited to reflect that. I should have shown an emoji conveying sarcasm.