Opus 2014-261: The Anti-Christmas Is Upon Us

You may have noticed that Halloween is coming.

Everywhere I look I see people hanging out effigies of ghosts and caricatures of decay.  Some are as simple as white sheets with eye-holes cut in them.  Others are expensive reproductions from horror movies.  I don’t see people decorating their homes with cute little figures of cowboys and Mickey Mouse.  I do see Freddy Krueger and the Walking Dead. 

I celebrated Halloween as a kid.  I favored things like a musketeer or a continental soldier.  It was a fun time of getting free candy.  Even then the seeds of evil were already planted.  Even then we were worried about adulterated candy and fruit.  Even then we were warned about going into homes.  Even then strange things were going on. 

Today the balance continues to swing away from fun and toward evil.

Think about it.  Most of the decorations involve death, torture and fear.  Skulls, blood, rotten flesh, demons, zombies, and knives are spread around.  Cob webs and chains are considered ambiance.  If you think this is the stuff of innocent fun, you have a strange sense of innocence.  What kind of holiday is it that makes you check the front yard the next morning to see if anything has been destroyed or defaced, that makes you lock your pets up?

Do I want a law banning Halloween?  No.  I am a conservative.  I don’t want the government involved in anything not mentioned in the Constitution.  What I want are for responsible people to show their values and priorities by how they live their lives.  Maybe that is what we are seeing.

Think about it.  You may still chose to celebrate.  I won’t come to your house and demonstrate.  I won’t refuse to talk to you.  I might be careful about turning my back toward you, after all, even I have seen a zombie movie.  One was enough.

Happy All Saints Day Eve

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