You have to be over 50 to actually remember Hallowe'en. NOTE: it's spelled this way because the word is actually a contraction of four words: All Hallowed Saints Eve.
It used to be that children dressed for school the way people now dress for very special occasions -- more special than church. In playing 'make believe,' children didn't have costumes, they had imaginations and dressed with whatever they had available. A cowboy might have had a cowboy hat and a stick for a gun. A princess might have had a frilly shaw or old dress (usually too big for her).
The point is: children (and adults) used to actually dress in non-controversial garb. Today, we have the Goth culture, with their penchant for all things black and darkly evil. We have 'thugware' and whatever it is that the new or popular Rock Group may be wearing, along with 'grunge' and 'slutware' for little girls.
So, when it comes to Hallowe'en, what's left? Well, apparently (over the last decade or so) it's been an ever-increasing drift toward the most outrageous forms of blood and gore, violence and evil.
This year there seems to be an exception, at least for little girls. Maybe I've not noticed in the past or it hasn't been this obvious, but the costumes for girls have become alluring and sexually charged.
Partycity.com is displaying the popular costumes for girls, this year. They have titles such as: Voodoo Vixen, Veiled Vixen, Lovely Lolita and Twilight Trickster Vampire. These are being marketed to Teen aged girls AND Tweens.
They are what they seem, by their names: sexy, suggestive costumes that transform your little girl into a 'Big Girl.' One has to wonder why. Is it for fun? Is it to impress the boys? Or is it to get the attention of the 35 year old man who comes to the door when out Trick-or-Treating? Or how about the latent sex addict, next door?
I just keep wondering if any of these girls have fathers? Or if any of the mothers who think all this is 'cute' have husbands? Ladies: Do you NOT know men are pigs? Or, do you think the laws of nature are suspended during party time?
And, oh.....Christian families are not immune. Apparently it is okay to participate in this most obviously satanic ritual, each year. Keeping oneself unspotted from the world apparently doesn't include Hallowe'en,
