Love it or hate it, Halloween is just around the corner. How should Christians, and for that matter non-Christians, respond to Halloween? Personally, Halloween has never meant much to me as a holiday. Our family has participated in the traditions of the day but the ghoulish aspects of Halloween don’t resonate with me. I am grateful for insight, given years ago, by Dennis Hansen who taught our church group about the history of the holiday- many aspects of which have origins in fine Christian doctrine. I can’t say the modern day celebration is an uplift to me but my thoughts are pleasantly tempered by knowledge of the original “Halloween.”