{"id":819,"date":"2003-10-13T14:59:38","date_gmt":"2003-10-13T19:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/?p=819"},"modified":"2003-10-13T14:59:38","modified_gmt":"2003-10-13T19:59:38","slug":"peony-weighs-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2003\/10\/peony-weighs-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Peony Weighs In On The Halloween Issue"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the comments box below, Peony states:<\/a><\/p>\n

On the other hand, I don’t like the attitude of trying to shield ourselves from any taint of the larger culture. It strikes me as being counterproductive — it deprives us of the chance to evangelize others, and it can set up a false impression to our children and to others that Catholicism = No Fun and Always Being Weird.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I kind of agree with this. I did not for a while, but as I see more and more religious Catholic families losing their children I think there is much truth to this. My philosophy on Halloween is it is so much fun, carving pumpkins, going out on a fall evening,getting candy, and playing dress up. I have read so many conflicting stories about whether or not the origins are pagan, Catholic or whatever, and frankly it makes very little difference to me. For our family in upstate NY, 2003, Halloween is is a fun evening out that does not detract from All Saint’s Day, or any religious education because we do not elevate to a status of religious holiday. What ever it may have been to others, is not necessarily what it is now to us. (A sad analogy in the reverse would be how Christmas is a celebration of the Birth of Our Saviour started by Catholics and has been reduced by many to nothing more than blatant consumerism.)
\nI have also been debating this question with things like home schooling. I keep thinking perhaps I should put the children in school for the very reason Peony stated, but I really do not believe my children will be educated like they can be at home. Nor do I believe I would be as involved in their lives, but just likes passing ships.
\nI wonder how much different motives for doing the same things affect an over
\nall outcome? I wish I could look into the future and see what would happen if I make different choices. Whatever the choice, if you take something away that is “normal” or fun, it should be replaced with strong family ties, family quality time and a sense of respecting the children’s feelings. No matter what, that should always be the case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the comments box below, Peony states: On the other hand, I don’t like the attitude of trying to shield ourselves from any taint of the larger culture. It strikes me as being counterproductive — it deprives us of the chance to evangelize others, and it can set up a false impression to our children… Continue reading Peony Weighs In On The Halloween Issue<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-parenting-and-family-life","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}