Tons of Kids

Just wondering if I am the only one on here who's family doesn't celebrate halloween?

No debate...just curious!! ;)   

It is simply a personal choice we made when our 1st was born...honestly it makes this time of year ALOT easier...no hipe about costumes,having to take kids out to TOT ,etc...

We also don't do santa or the easter bunny ;) I know my poor deprived kids LOL!!

                                 Janelle,mommy to

      Ryan(6-6-99) Zachary(11-18-00) Liam(7-12-02)

     Makenzie(11-10-03) Kassidy(5-11-05) Aiden(10-20-06)

             Our VR miracle baby   Kayla Ruth(8-2-08)

 

 

We're with you on all three :)

Dh is from the UK, where, in general, Christians don't have anything to do with Halloween. It's a much darker, somewhat less commercialized holiday there, so he was a little scandalized to find out when we were dating that I had trick-or-treated every year of my life! I had some misgivings about it by the time I was in high school anyway, so it was easy for me to agree not to do it with our own kids.

We do have our own tradition: Chipotle Grill gives out free burritos for anyone wearing a burrito/Mexican food costume on Halloween, so we all wrap up in tin foil and rack up about $40 worth of free food - enough leftovers for lunch tomorrow too :) (We do the same thing wearing cow costumes at Chick-Fil-A in the summer, so it doesn't feel Halloween-y to us.)

As for Christmas and Easter, we don't try to stop extended family from talking about Santa and the Easter bunny, but we set them straight when we get home - LOL!, being careful to explain that they need to be sensitive to the fact that their friends probably *do* believe. That's a tricky one, I'm finding :\

Thanks, Brooke (brookie2727)!