Around this time, there is a lot of back-and-forth between Catholics regarding the merits and demerits of celebrating Halloween with secular traditions. One faction seems to advocate not celebrating it at all, citing satanic rituals that happen that day. On the other hand, we have those who seem to think that simply because their childhoods included the secular traditions, those traditions are harmless.
I link now to a piece from Michael Matt that leans towards the second extreme. I'm all for some fun on that day, but some of those traditions are sinful. Take the pranks, for example. Mention is made of soaping up car windows. That is not innocent, harmless fun. Boys and girls, can we say "vandalism"? God forbid if one of those hapless car owners had a medical emergency during the night and needed to go to a hospital quickly. First they had to wash their windows. I've also dealt with the inherent sinfulness of pranks in a previous post.
Below is a clip of Father Ripperger and Taylor Marshall discussing this very topic. In it are very good things that can be done to make Halloween both a fun and uplifting experience. Father is an exorcist so I'd take him seriously when he advises against dressing as witches, ghosts, monsters, anything to do with the occult.
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