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Mission America: Halloween is cheating on Jesus

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Mostly sane, most of the time.10/21/2011 4:05:51 pm PDT

re: #7 Decatur Deb

The more hardcore churches here counter with biblical-themed haunted houses, sometimes called “Hell House” or “Judgement House”. Halloween almost died in our neighborhood, but has been coming back. The neighbors have been decorating elaborately and early this year.

Our church is having a trunk or treat. We skip it because our neighborhood is a. relatively young b. dense c. well-lit. Halloween trick or treating is always heavy here, as well as relatively safe.

We’re decorating with some inflatable pumpkins, a decapitated skeleton (it’s the four young boys in the house—he had a head when we started), and a fog machine, but not until the 31st.