{"id":84136,"date":"2015-10-30T09:51:09","date_gmt":"2015-10-30T07:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/in-a-year-of-365-days-given-by-god-one-day-happens-to-be-named-halloween"},"modified":"2015-10-30T09:51:09","modified_gmt":"2015-10-30T07:51:09","slug":"in-a-year-of-365-days-given-by-god-one-day-happens-to-be-named-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/in-a-year-of-365-days-given-by-god-one-day-happens-to-be-named-halloween\/","title":{"rendered":"In a year of 365 days given by God one day happens to be named Halloween"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There are 365 days in a year, and one of them is celebrated in my country as Halloween. In some countries, this day doesn’t receive much or any attention. Yet in my city, store fronts and shelves begin to display decorations as early as August, and by mid-October they migrate to appear on the houses in our neighborhoods and in the offices. There are different opinions and discussions among Christians regarding participation and involvement in attractive activities of that day. Some people look far into history to the roots of this holiday and say that the original meaning has long been lost by now. Therefore, the celebration in our days, supposedly, means nothing deep. They consider there is nothing bad in sharing candies or dressing up in funny costumes and playing a few tricks on neighbors. And others stay away from any celebration of this holiday. And a third group uses this opportunity to share God’s truth and Gospel, and they stay away from the cultural ghost stories.<\/p>\n

When I look at the houses decorated in my neighborhood, and spooky things jump at me in the stores, I can’t help it but ask these questions:<\/p>\n