WHY I QUIT Halloween Every Year for a More Family-Friendly Festival

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[@leggfamily9859]

Our family doesn't celebrate Easter, Halloween or Christmas. We do Communion at Passover and we love to celebrate Thanksgiving and July 4th!!! So much to be thankful for!!! ❤

[@sandraking9650]

Yes. We need to " come out of her ! I was once, most of my life. Very blind!

[@Rachel_Lincoln]

Due to our beliefs we see Halloween as a pagan holiday so we don’t celebrate it. Thank you for your content!

[@hickoryhillinthebigwoods-r759]

We quit Halloween 19 years ago. Easter 10 years ago. Christmas 5 years ago. Been keeping the feasts since 2019. Don't miss anything about those celebrations.

[@Farmer4Truth]

Awesome! 👏 I love to see comments from fellow biblical feast keepers 😁

[@pathologist1]

As Sabbath-keeping Christians, we never understood the fascination with Halloween. Given the overt satanic imagery, it did not seem to be innocuous. We agree with you.

[@sandraking9650]

I've learned so much. It's evil 😈

[@AZJH8374]

It's a rain shower & you can buy them for cheap now. They have been around for years. Over 25 years, Mike! ❤❤

[@smwon1]

Yup anti- Halloween here too!

[@AZJH8374]

24.5 million acres of trees are in Colorado. A TON MORE TREES THAN WHERE YOU LIVE MOMMA! GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND MANY PRAYERS 🙏🏻 😇 ❤❤❤

[@kimtanner8711]

Halloween has been off the radar for years. Good for you all. Blessings !!!

[@Sojournerofhope]

Yes to this. I can’t wait until Halloween is gone.

[@sandraking9650]

I dread it every year & my grandchildren still participate in it as many do. 😢

[@tinagutierrez1226]

I don't celebrate Halloween because it's not what we think it is. I don't judge those who celebrate, including my grandchildren, because they don't know. They just want to have fun. On earth, we are here to experience both the light and the darkness. When we are spirituality ready, we probably will understand that we are here to balance the light and the darkness. Not to judge and to hate the opposite because we can't have light without the darkness here on earth. We are here to bring love, happiness, and joy, but without the opposite, how can we grow. We should always be grateful for trying times because most of us understand that it makes us stronger and we are able to move forward on our mission.

[@sl1020]

We don’t celebrate holidays either except Thanksgiving. Only because we are grateful.

[@maryjohnston4296]

Thank you for sharing your family trip. Colorado is beautiful, and your family is growing up so fast. Everyone seems to have had very happy fellowship :)

[@mountainmama7155]

I keep the Feasts too!! I didn't know you were Feast keepers!❤🎉I Don't do traditional holidays.

[@isaiah4216]

I haven't participated in Halloween since I was a child, age 11. It has been many years since I participated in the feast of tabernacles. Looking forward to it in 2025. So happy that you all had a fantastic time on your adventure.

[@michellemezer4064]

We don’t celebrate Halloween, Easter, or Christmas! Thank you for sharing with us. I have always wanted to go to CO …looks so beautiful 😍

[@SimplyJanHomestead]

We don't participate in any of the holidays. It's the best decision we ever made!

[@batpherlangkharkrang7976]

Hi.... Mike Dickson and Lacey and nice to see you all love watching your video homestead 🏡🐔🐓🐣🐤🐥🦃🦢🦆🦮🐈‍⬛🐐🐝🎥👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋👍👍👍

[@CWash13]

We have and did trick or treat this year. But we all decided this was the last year .

[@michellebeard8066]

❤ We also keep the Feast of Tabernacles. Looks like a great family trip!

[@CynM.]

Being out in nature is therapeutic. Thank for taking us along.

[@amymurray4649]

We keep feast too. Since I was very young. 😊 I was in the COG since the age of 7.

[@MTknives]

What a fun trip!

[@mrs.kittylarou4970]

You're not a weird family, you're a smart one. I too don't celebrate pagan holidays. I never have and i dont regret the decision.😊

[@jeanwilks123]

Here in Australia we never used to celebrate Halloween but for some unknown reason most Australians want to be like Americans which has me scratching my head

[@jerryodell1168]

Suggestion for your next vacation, go through the Bridger Tetons, Grand Tetons and then through Yellowstone. Just be careful and read the signs don't get too close to the animals. (We watched a man get arrested for attempting to get up close to an elk to take a picture.) Outstanding grandeur with many photo opportunities. My Son and I camped in the Bridger Tetons and in Yellowstone when He was ten. " Great Memories "

[@mooseruncoffee9754]

That's so cool to see your experience at feast of Tabernacle's I've been to Colorado once and it is definitely beautiful. This year our feast of Tabernacles was in Tennessee. We had a great time and it was very beautiful

[@estherfilip3275]

Good decision 🥰

[@shereechampoux5424]

We used to have a harvest festival at church with games hay rides and carnival fun and non scary costumes!

[@TranBimbim2222]

Your voice is so captivating, and your style is relatable. Love watching your content!

[@preppedforeternityhomestea2848]

Nope, haven’t celebrated Halloween in many years! Looks like you had a wonderful trip!

[@brendahogue5487]

Love and enjoy your videos. May the lord bless and protect you and your family and the animals and the homestead.

[@roxannaboykin1935]

Here in Central Colorado I have mountain views all around me. When I lives in Southern Colorado I referred to I70/71 as the vast nothing. But it was the fastest route to Denver. Glad to hear you enjoyed your trip.

[@rickthelian2215]

Thank you Mike and Family thank you for sharing your trip to Colorado ❤

[@williamleopold507]

We enjoyed your video , thanks for sharing .

[@elenaantunes1263]

I'm glad they all got a little vacation but who was there to take care of the animals?

[@maryjocollard8282]

My daughter is a 911 supervisor in Vail, CO. We live in California and have taken the train to go visit her. It had just snowed and you could just see the tops of the train tracks. The trees were loaded with snow and it was absolutely beautiful! But I did get altitude sickness from not drinking enough water. Glad you were finally able to visit.

[@cherylsmith900]

I don’t ski myself, but I live in the north east tip of Tennessee, Bristol to be exact, and close to the North Carolina line. I hear the skiing is great over in Boone, North Carolina so, come over here to the East Tennessee, North Carolina line and do some skiing. I hear it’s pretty awesome.

[@anncarr4599]

Right there with you! 🌟

[@elisethegeek2317]

We don't really celebrate it either. I love that you all were in our neck of the woods. We are in Grand Junction!

[@shereechampoux5424]

It was nice to see you without a hat!

[@anuhjarpe1812]

Thank you ❤❤❤❤from Sweden

[@djecminek]

My paternal grandparents came to Colorado from Sweden. Homesteaded in Northeast Colorado .

[@rperry1410]

Mike and family sorry I missed you during feast of tabernacles you were in my neck of the woods for a week. Wish I had of known.

[@noramax2925]

🍁 Thanks for your video of your family’s getaway. One year we had a group of seminary/missionary students from Africa visiting us in Wisconsin. They couldn’t understand why people celebrate Halloween. They could not wrap their minds around why you would spend money to decorate your yard with the things they were seeing. I know a lot of families who don’t celebrate Halloween. And if they do for trick or treat their children choose a Saint or a character of good moral non-gory standing to dress up as. They decorate for Fall/Autumn and not Halloween. Thanks for sharing your lovely family.

[@beanex18]

I took my kids to Chuck E Cheese! One year I got tired of picking up the wrappers in the living room and kids rooms. Rules were to only eat Halloween candy in the kitchen. Well, every year rules kept on changing. So a friend and I were talking and said let's try Chucky E. Cheese and just let the kids go trick or treating in the neighborhood and our families home. It was great! Nobody was there but us!!! The manager let us play for free as long as we bought pizza and drinks! We did it for the next 8 years.

[@MiMiBrokenbourgh]

Agreed! 🎉

[@margaretfoster492]

You are so fortunate that you could fellowship for the tabernacle. I wish. I live in Washington st.

[@abrahambendavid.7474]

We don’t celebrate a lot of things people celebrate

[@sandraking9650]

Pagan world 🌎 .....😢

[@dawnbrown2125]

How exciting, looks like you had a lovely time. Thank you for sharing your journey with us, God Bless, may he keep you safe and walking in his ways.

[@diannemiller4754]

Colorado Springs has snow❤my granddaughter wanted to build a snowman, but the snow wouldn't pack. So she made cookies 🍪 😋 It took me a week to adjust to Divide Colorado altitude. It's really ruff 😮on a Michigander.

[@augeniasestokaite4674]

Sending you All the most blessed thoughts and wishes for wonderful and safe Thanksgiving time!!🤗❤️

[@RE-bg9ds]

Well hello from Denver I'm sad that I didn't know that you were going to be in town I would have tried to suggest maybe a place to eat or something to see I hope you had a good time

[@tinagutierrez1226]

I grew up in Colorado and miss it very much. I moved to Hawaii when I got married but now live in California. Colorado will always be my home. I hope that you ate some green chile while you were there.

[@lenalyles2712]

One of my brothers used to live in Boulder CO. We decided to visit one year from Ft Worth TX in June, so we loaded our motorcycles and took off. Wild weather, going wasn't bad, coming home we went from freezing to 110 degrees, rain to snow to hot and sunny.

[@NovaBill6264]

We don't celebrate it either, Awesome video God Bless you and your family Amen

[@linniejohnson8863]

Thanks for letting us see where you keep the feast we went to pigeon forge this year love to you all love your fit farmer show

[@DebbieC624]

What an amazing trip. Those mountains were beautiful. Glad yall had a great time.

[@NancyMorse]

The views in your video were beautiful. Well done!

[@jenniewolford1631]

gave up Halloween long time ago. What a wonderful trip for yall!! been years since i have been to Utah and CO

[@CandicePeppers]

Is that a tumbleweed on the grill of your car? Lol!!

[@karenwimberley5033]

At age 4 I realised I hated Halloween.. growing up I was forced to participate in trick treating with my siblings.. I hated it. Did not raise my kids to trick or treat. Can’t believe those young men of yours have gotten so big

[@pamdore9292]

I’m so glad you had a great time!

[@ruthlong4813]

We took a 7100 mile trip this summer. So many long and straight roads! Both my brothers live in Montana so we've seen those amazing mountains! So flat between the ranges was different than I thought. And, yes, the trees are so different out west from those in the east.

[@Mindy56743]

I stopped celebrating the popular holidays many years ago. At first it was just because they felt evil because I knew the roots of them. Then I learned about YHWH’s Feasts.

[@janetwithers7427]

What a wonderful trip to Colorado. 🍂🌾💕🍁

[@RivkahSayger]

Oh my goodness! Sukkot rocks! How AWESOME! Just found your site, so exciting another Messianic in the world!

[@leighfreeman3772]

What a beautiful country we live in...thank you for caring for your little part of this land!

[@ladydragon3648]

Cool you where not to far from where My sister lives. She is in Estes Park Cool. it is a cool please out there.

[@marideandyer7041]

Living on a Ranch are kids just don't have time for that but it was just to far to Town and the candy don't have a place in the home we had goodies just home made you know what I mean 🤗🙏 God bless your family

[@ericataylor9063]

That was a beautiful trip 😊

[@pikab2001]

You guys would LOVE Montana!! Add Glacier National Park to your bucket list. Because Holy Smokes is it ever the most beautiful place I have ever been, and of course Yellowstone!

[@thresholdhomestead]

Loved the video! So enjoyed watching you and your family take time to feast on the many blessings before you! Great video!

[@sharonwillis993]

Our family hasn't participated in Halloween in about 30 years. Glad you enjoyed your trip

[@vickipendleton2864]

I don’t do Halloween either it’s too expensive in my neighborhood because u can pass out six or seven bags of candy in no time at all and I don’t believe in celebrating this at all. We love to camp and in fact we were in your area this past August. I’d love to come back your way again. We are backyard gardeners and we produced 250 pounds of potatoes one year and we are able to grow a lot of what we eat.

[@CandaceAustin-bv2wo]

The Moffat Road is amazing in Colorado. Lived there a number of years.

[@scheralgreider5406]

I lived in Colorado for a few months while my husband was stationed at Lowery AFB.

[@normamccomas9272]

Absolutely beautiful!!❤❤🙏🙏xxoo

[@medeaboguslaw]

You all traveled right past us. Hopefully you were able to visit with White House on a Hill as they’re not far.

[@esterhurst9988]

That is so beautiful there you are so lucky to be in the beauty of God's work here on earth their are so much to see of his handy work I thank GOD EVERYDAY OF HIS BEAUTY I AM SO GLAD I SAW YOUR FILM TODAY .THANK YOU FOR YOUR CHANNEL I WATCH YOU WHEN I CAN.I LOVE ALL OF YOUR AND YOUR CHILDREN ARE WILL PLANTED IN THE LORD I SEE IT EVERY TIME I WATCH MAY GOD BLESS YOUR WHOLE FAMILY ❤😊😊😊

[@LindaLaGarce]

Yes! Anti Halloween! Always been, and that is how we raised our kids too! Hugs from Texas!

[@deettetripp9227]

Long ride but well worth the Beauty!! Thanks for taking us along!

[@AZJH8374]

In through your nose, out through your mouth when hiking.

[@noraarico1313]

When my church decided to have children in Halloween costumes up on the altar one year a long time ago, I decided enough was enough. The kid in the vampire costumer really got me. I was not going to support Halloween in my Godly life. Our church has always celebrated All Saints Day and All Souls Day and I decided to celebrate these significate days that occur around Halloween. We celebrate by praying for all the saints and all the souls, including family members who have passed away instead.

[@ritahall8653]

Beautiful place

[@kerrylewis8559]

Lovely’s video❤

[@JessicaStinson-og1rq]

I think you have actually inspired me. I’m not sure if the thing you do of the Tabernacle’s is the same as the festival of the booths in the Bible, but you have inspired me to spend our Halloween, enjoying the glory and creation of God, as opposed to getting into so many evil and demonic type of things

[@coachwendy5618]

It's the same festival. There's other names for it too.

[@elizabethpatrick5097]

Thank you, we do not celebrate it.

[@noahgossett6134]

Same. It's pagan and demonic

[@chrisc.5442]

Colorado is a beautiful state indeed ... I jus moved here from Illinois on the second of November so far i like it and yes i thought the same thing about thise lines like some one definitely doesn't kno what they were doing .. i was going to move to Oklahoma or NC but some how i ended up here .. the mountain in Colorado springs is beautiful...

[@jamesbrown8718]

We are the same we do not celebrate it as well. It’s a Christian Conviction we all have as a family. My grandson is four and thought this year he would have a problem with wanting to go out like other kids but he said I would like to go out to eat and just hang out at home.

[@CosmopolitanCornbread]

Lovely trip!

[@lvxleather]

I just found your channel and like your content 💪💚

[@haou132]

Beautiful vidéo !!! Merci beaucoup and blessings +++!!!

[@GoFishOffice]

So much fun

[@jackielong9927]

Where do you get your shirts? Are you wearing? Love your videos?❤❤❤

[@BloodofChristMinistries777]

I don't celebrate Halloween. It is made to look innocent, but it is a night of the devil. I applaud you for keeping your children and family away from it.

[@sharonknorr1106]

It actually isn't, that is a construct. Most pagans look at it as the end of the year, the last harvest and a time to hunker down to prepare for winter. In our family, we concentrate on using those days to remember and celebrate our ancestors, which is also a common theme not just for Christians as well as pagans. In Mexico they celebrate the Day of the Dead for 2 days, or sometimes a little earlier. It is also called "All Soul's Day" a later Christian construct that folds in the original Aztec beliefs. There is dressing up and yes, the sugar skulls, but it is really about remembering with families coming together with feasting and celebration, and some sadness, yes. So just a little background and letting you know, it is not really supposed to be an evil or fearful time and has nothing to do with the devil, at least not for the great majority of folks who celebrate it, pagan or Christian or whatever.

[@annwithaplan9766]

@@sharonknorr1106 - I suggest you do some research on it's origins.

[@sharonknorr1106]

@@annwithaplan9766 Actually, I have, that's why I posted. It originated, they think, as Samhain. a pagan sabbat as a time when the veil between the living and the dead was the thinnest. The wearing costumes thing was about scaring an spirits away that you didn't want around - it had nothing to do with devil worship or anything like that. It was also the last harvest festival of the year. So the being close to the dead thing was also seen in other traditions, such as the Day of the Dead and also the Christian "All Saints Day" celebrated on Nov. 1st, a time to honor all the saints followed by "All Souls Day" to remember those who have passed, but not yet reached heaven (Catholic tradition). The night before All Saints Day was called "All Hallows Eve" and became Halloween. As with so many traditions, different countries, cultures and religions put their own spin on things. This is similar to how Yule became intertwined with Christmas, again with pagan traditions being blended into the Christian holiday. Not saying anyone should celebrate Halloween if they don't want to, just trying to pass along information that might be useful or interesting to those trying to establish their own traditions to coincide with established holidays.

[@reneetransburg1163]

No Halloween for us since 1982! Why celebrate the devil?! We celebrated harvest time and God's abundance to us.

[@AGirlAndHerDogz]

Thank you for standing up against Satanism.

[@sandraking9650]

YES!!!!!!!

[@rebeccaplumlee9601]

I dont celebrate it, but i buy candy thats on sale! Some types & sizes thats only available on holidays, perfect for me to have snack sizes

[@carlapierle8623]

After opening up a rabbit hole of research in 2021, I stopped celebrating Halloween, Christmas and Easter. My family thinks I've gone nuts. I believe celebrating the Feasts is MUCH more Biblically sound, so I often watch Messianic Jewish Rabbi services because sadly, Protestant churches barely mention them.

[@djecminek]

We do have trees in our mountains. When you get up to the tundra there isn’t any. Lots of beetle kill here I don’t do Halloween either

[@leahharbison4932]

❤

[@jubilee1181]

What denominations is this? So sweet 💕