Adventist’s Guide to the Spooky Season
How to have a happy Holy-ween season
Happy Fall U-Fam! I’m sure you’re all enjoying that nice Nebraska autumn weather where the temperature goes from 42 in the morning to 85 by noon, I know I sure am! Now besides the weather, the fall season brings so much to enjoy, the changing of the leaves, overwhelming pumpkin theming, and the anticipation of many breaks to come are just some of the joys that the season brings. More importantly, this month in particular is chock-full of fun things to do if you’re one to get in a more spooky mood!
Now as we all know as good Adventists, there is absolutely no holiday that takes place on October 31st that involves going door to door getting candy, but that sounds like a good idea. Instead we find ways to celebrate this wonderful season while avoiding heretical behavior. I’m sure you’re taking a good look at all those pumpkins at the supermarket and thinking to yourself, “Gee I sure would like to take this big fruit home and decorate it to leave outside!” Well go ahead and grab that sucker alongside a set of acrylic paints and spruce it up to your heart’s content, every adventist loves a good painted pumpkin. “Well this painting was fun! I want to use some tools and carve it into a spooky jack-o-lantern!” WRONG! All scary pumpkins are evil and will be smashed on sight. Pumpkins are fruits, not people, so faces do not belong on them.
The next thing that people like to do during this nonspecific holiday adjacent season is to dress up as a character for a costume party that is again, not related to any major holiday. Costumes can be fun in the right circumstances but careful now costumes are right at the doorstep of idolatry. Oh you think it would be cool if I dressed up as Captain America due to my striking resemblance in both looks and height to Chris Evans? (Note: Author is not insane enough to actually think this) Yeah sorry buddy the only captain I choose to lead me is the Holy Spirit so you can go avenge me some sparkling grape juice while I fetch my John Harvey Kellog costume.
Well U-Fam, those are some fun guides on how to make sure you’re celebrating this season while being mindful of your eternal destination. Just to clarify, these aren’t exactly salvation issues per say but let’s just say that my crown will have a few more jewels than yours will if you don’t follow along. That’s all for this week folks, stay cool and more importantly, stay low to moderately spooky!
by Mason Piva