Christians, walking in the light, see many things, especially church activities, from a new perspective. As a young Christian, I remember being disturbed about Hallowe'en and the apparent sanction that it received from many churches. This scary holiday is made more so by the film industry's introduction of Jason, Michael Meyers, and Freddy Krueger. In the real world the neighborhood nut celebrates by loading his old razor blades into apples. Another injects his dementia into candy bars for his nocturnal visitors.
Hallowe'en arson is big in some cities, thus the fantasy scariness spills over into reality.
Hallowe'en remains the only celebration of general acceptance where fear is encouraged. This is good clean fun, Ichabod Crane style. Through most of their youth we teach our children that scaring people isn't nice. Our message is one of success through knowledge and responsibility. Giving place to evil, from misbehaving to casting spells, is religiously discouraged.