Halloween is huge in the United States; in fact there is now more money spent on Halloween than on Christmas and Easter.
And while Halloween has never been huge in Australia, it is slowly becoming more popular... not helped by retail giants who want to cash in on sales of decorations and chocolates.
This now begs the question for many families - should we be celebrating Halloween? Is it all just a bit of harmless fun? What about All Hallows, as observed in the Catholic and Anglican traditions?
Brett Ryan is the CEO of Focus on the Family Australia, and joins us on 52Q to work through some of the issues surrounding Halloween.
Focus on the Family have a number of resources on their website on the topic of Halloween:
- Should My Family Celebrate Halloween?
- Should Christians Celebrate Halloween?
- Honouring All Saints, Past and Present, Near and Far
52Q is the podcast that looks for answers to the big and little questions of life. Hosted by Steff Willis and Micah Gibson. Justin Rouillon is the executive producer and sound designer. Additional audio production by Joe Murray.
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