Halloween Traditions

Okay, so Halloween isn’t really a religious holiday. And it doesn’t even have any good morals like serving other people, but I still love Halloween. Any excuse I have to decorate and do something special or out of the ordinary I jump at. Halloween is one of my favorite seasons. It comes after a long time of no holidays. I love to decorate my place with all sorts of fun Halloween decorations. According to my text, it is important in general to establish traditions, they help the family grow closer together. So by having fun together as a family during Halloween, we are strengthening our family relationships, enriching our lives, and enabling us to grow closer to Christ by being able to do these things. (Okay, that could be a bit of a stretch, but I still think family traditions are important, and if Halloween is a scary time in your neighborhood, how much more important to do something with your family!) I have fond memories of my home at Halloween time which is why I want to continue some traditions. Creating memories for children will help them get through this tough life!

My Family Traditions

We would always decorate the house with a few fun decorations. I love pumpkin, witch, and ghost figurines and pillow! We would dress up every year and go trick-or-treating. My mom always made chili on Halloween. I could never understand why because I thought it was so disgusting. But now I love it. She said she made it because chili didn’t take a lot of work and it could just sit in the crock pot and be ready for when people where home, because we would be home at different times because of trick-or-treating and other Halloween activities. Plus she would be busy handing out Halloween candy. After we got home from trick-or-treating, us kids would always dump out our candy bags, organize our candy, have our picture taken, then start trading

My Traditions

• Make chili and corn bread! I love the Bear Creek “Darn” good chili in a bag…it makes tasty chili and is the only way I know how to make it.
• Make and decorate sugar cookies with Halloween cookie cutters!
• Send Halloween cards to close family members
• Go to a Halloween party
• Dress up, even if only to watch a scary movie

Sugar Cookie Recipe

3/4 Cup Shortening (part butter softened)

1 Cup Sugar

2 Eggs

1 tsp vanilla

2 1/2 Cups Flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

Mix shortening, sugar, eggs and vanilla together well, then add dry mixture of flower baking powder and salt. Chill for one hour covered. Roll flat on clean surface lightly covered with powered sugar (and maybe a bit of flour) and cut with cookie cutters.Bake at 350 6-8 minutes.