Doves, just one comment on "celebration" of halloween.  For myself, I cannot see any reason to
 
"celebrate" this day due to the meaning of it. I stopped my children from this type of thing when they
 
were small. I read some scriptures to them and they decided as well that they would not celebrate
 
satan's day in anyway whatsoever. The church we were attending at the time had a "fall harvest"
 
celebration where foods, games with nice prizes were played instead and there was no mention at
 
all of satan's day. No one objected. I, frankly, thought there shouldn't be a"substitute" even, but rather
 
to ignore satan's " celebration". He does not deserve a "celebration" in my opinion.
 
The tricking and treating at that time was basically slowing down due to poisonings, razor blades
 
double edged put into apples and such atrocities, and even one father poisoning his own children
 
in the candy. I remember thinking about the double edged blades how that was a pitiful copying
 
of the double edged Sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God.  Our hospitals will extra for
 
needles and blades , nails and such, but there still could be poison, and has been.
 
We gave out very tiny Bibles...actually just booklets with some of the book of John in it and some
 
cartoon tracts we found and they seemed pleased. Little by little in our area there were no more kids
 
out on the street on this night.
 
I am thinking that if parents like costume parties, just have a costume party, but at another time besides
 
halloween. That's my idea of it.