I have done a guest post on Jason Clark's blog, trying to engage with Halloween the consumer fest that it has become and open up a conversation to explore ways of subverting the fest to something more spirtually wholesome that connects me with nearly 1600 years of Christian celebration of the vigil of All Saints Eve and All Saints Day. No idea what I am talking about, well come over and engage in the dialogue. In the meantime here are some exerts from my post to wet your appetite...
"Halloween has become big booming business, with major stores dedicating staff to research trends and providing marketing to drive this consuming experience. When I was a child we hardly bothered with Halloween, not because we were Christians but because no one else did either, apart from a few parties and the occasional child knocking on the door. Now it is a feast that we are invited to participate in, to spend, to experience, to enjoy a night of all age celebration with a price tag to match any other the family market manufactured experience (a fun day out at a theme park for instance cost us around £50 for 2 adults and children). In and of itself I do not see it is wrong to choose to participate in this consumption but I do think it is important that I do so with my eyes open in what I am celebrating is a secular subverted market manufactured feel good experience. So as a Christian how can I engage in the process/project of subverting Holloween back to something that connects with my culture and the traditon of Halloween in its Christian traditional heritage?...
...I need to be hallow-weaned, no longer fed on the sweet, high in fat, low in content, extra rich but ultra poor milk of the consumer version. I need to connect throught that to something that will feed me and grow me spiritually, not leave me soul saturated with consumer clobber…"
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