Halloween/All saints day?

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I have a protestant friend who asked if we do halloween and I said yes. I have a feeling she doesn’t. Her dad is an ex-catholic and she says they tend to be of a more Calvininstic Christian tradition. I was wondering if there was anything that I could share with her, email or in conversation about this. I know it is not a sin to have halloween because we are not participating in the occult and new age type of thing that might be associated with it. Any help and suggestions or links:shrug: !! Thanks again.

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I have a protestant friend who asked if we do halloween and I said yes. I have a feeling she doesn’t. Her dad is an ex-catholic and she says they tend to be of a more Calvininstic Christian tradition. I was wondering if there was anything that I could share with her, email or in conversation about this. I know it is not a sin to have halloween because we are not participating in the occult and new age type of thing that might be associated with it. Any help and suggestions or links:shrug: !! Thanks again.

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Yeah, here is a link to a good article from Envoy. I posted just a small snipppet from it that would probably be most significant to your friend, the scripture on the biblical practice of making pagan celebrations Christian.

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The conversion of pagan holidays is actually quite biblical. The Jewish people, under the direction of God, appropriated numerous pagan feasts: feasts of the New Year, combined with the harvest (Numbers 29:1-6; Leviticus 23:23-25), the feasts of the New Moon (1 Kings 20:4-29; Numbers 28:11-15; Nehemiah 10:33-34), grain and fruit harvest feasts (Deuteronomy 16:9-12; Exodus 23:14-16, 34:22) and the rite of new branches (Nehemiah 8:14-15). The people of God have often used pagan feast days upon which to hold Jewish and Christian celebrations. Obviously, Yahweh didn’t think this was corrupting true worship, or giving into paganism. So the Christian who takes part in Halloween and All Saints Day is just following in the footsteps of God-approved practice. No problem there.
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but I read somewhere Halloween = Hallow’s eve as Nov 1 = All Saints’ Day.
 
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