What do you ladies think about Halloween? I know that it has Christian origins, but has definitely become something else in the US. I think that in the last few years, it has gotten noticeably darker and less cute, if it ever was. The Home Depot and Lowes displays/decorations for sale this year were downright horrifying in my opinion. It just wasn't stuff I want to randomly see in public when I'm shopping for paint colors or whatever. I used to be so into Halloween and I'd plan for it for weeks and usually do some fancy, scary makeup that would scare my now-8 year old back when he was 3 or 4, and I thought it was funny. Cringe. But, the last couple of years, I just don't want to do any of it anymore. I'm not into it, but my son still is, so I'm not sure how to cut him off from it, and I really don't want my toddler daughter getting used to it either. I was ready to put the hammer on it this year, but my son's scout troop was having a bunch of Halloween activities, so his dad bought both of my kids some costumes from amazon behind my back. I found it weird that he didn't ask me and just did it. That's kind of unlike him. I just let it go this year, but I'm tired of it. I'm sick of how it's shoved down everyone's throat, so commercialized, and is more and more a vulgar celebration of the obscene. A poster on the men's forum had a thought provoking comment about how there should be a place for respectful, Christ-centered celebration of macabre and no one gets that better than I do. I'm quite comfortable with that, maybe too much so, but it's just gone too far.