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“Doing” Halloween.

It’s a thing I’ve been thinking a lot about in the last month or so.

Pookah is at that age, where he is fascinated by the idea of Halloween, witches, ghosts and goblins and dressing up in costumes.

But I don’t do Halloween.

I grew up getting dressed up in a costume, and then being taken to my father’s barber shop to get my treats and MAYBE to my neighbor’s house to trick or treat. ( and that depended on the year  because some years, my neighborhood was a little….rough….)

And I thought that was grand.  ( Even though my mother took the candy and gave me a few pieces every once in a while. *strong side eye*)

Now as a parent, I was going to take the high road and say: we don’t do Halloween.

He goes to a Christian school, so I knew they weren’t teaching it there.

But my Pookah has a mind of his own…and Disney Jr.

He wanted a costume.

He wanted to go trick or treating.

He wanted to try candy corn( which to my everlasting regret, he thought was too sweet).

He wanted to do Halloween.

And I let him.

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Because I realize that even though I don’t do Halloween, I do celebrate the Harvest, the changing of the seasons.

I put out the pumpkins, I buy the mums.

We go to the pumpkin patch, we go pick apples at the apple orchard.

We carve the pumpkins.

As usual with parenthood, I learned that until I’m actually there, in the thick of it, I don’t actually KNOW what I’m doing.

What I do know is this:

I believe in letting children dress up as their cartoon heros.

I believe in make believe.

I believe in teaching my child about living, life and the harvest.  With a story about Charlie Brown’s Great Pumpkin thrown in for good measure.

So we will eat the candy.

We will attend a harvest festival tonight at Church.

We will trick or treat in the house( I don’t know my neighbors like that and all my candy needs to be gluten free.)

We will take photos of cute kids in costume.

We will celebrate the harvest, fall, and carve pumpkins.

And that is all.

I think it will be fun.

 

What about you? Do you “do” Halloween? Why or why not?

Healy Harpster

Friday 1st of November 2013

And, look at that big smile from your kid. You made him the happiest boy on earth by wearing the costume! He looks so cute!

Krissy

Friday 1st of November 2013

we DO Halloween I suppose. Jas's bday is the day before so she likes to get dressed up. Halloween for us is about getting dressed up and having out with cousins and getting candy. It's fun for the kids and I love that. So we'll continue to get dressed up until she feels like she's too old and over it.

P.S SIL looks so cuteeee!!!

Melissa

Friday 1st of November 2013

Captain America is such a cutie! I love Halloween. I grew up trick or treating and I love the whole part of dressing up, seeing neighbors, having a special dinner and craving pumpkins - and spending time with my family!

Chrishelle @ Cheer MamaDrama

Friday 1st of November 2013

We "do" Halloween. I have since I was a child. My kids love all that Fall and Halloween brings. Every family is not the same, whatever works for your family and makes them happy should be the most emportant factor.

Debi

Friday 1st of November 2013

We do Halloween. We tend to go way out. And my kids love to trick or treat.