I have good memories of Halloween. Dressing up in random costumes and walking the streets of our little neighborhood to Trick or Treat. Seeing our friends along the way and sorting all the candy when we got.
我對萬聖節有著美好的回憶。穿著隨興的服裝，走在我們社區的街道上玩著“不給糖就搗蛋”的遊戲。沿途見到我們的朋友，並在收到糖果後對所有糖果進行分類。

My siblings and I had a robust trade practice where we would swap favorites back and forth. Then came the ranking and rationing, hoping that your candy would last as long as possible. My sister’s always did, my brother was far less successful.
我和我的兄弟姐妹有一個強大的交易慣例，我們會來回交換最喜歡的糖果。然後排名和配給，希望糖果能盡可能長久地保存。我妹妹總是能夠做到，我弟弟則遠沒有那麼成功。

I formed new memories once I got older and turned to distributing rather than collecting candy. Seeing neighbors with their little ones in adorable costumes learning the customs and blessings of the tradition.
當我長大後，開始分發糖果，而不是收集糖果。看到鄰居帶著他們的孩子穿著可愛的服裝，學習傳統的習俗和祝福，這形成了新的記憶。

Now that I’m older, the joy of the holiday is seeing nieces and nephews begin taking up the tradition in their cobbled together costumes.
現在我長大了，這個節日的樂趣就是看到姪子和姪女開始穿著拼湊而成的服裝參與這項傳統。

Some are want to criticize the day, and it certainly has its unsavory elements. Yet at the center of these practices are things precious to the Christian faith: family, fellowship, community, and tradition. Coming together and sharing in what makes us .
有些人可能會批評這一天，它確實有其不受歡迎的元素。然而，這些實踐的核心是對基督教信仰來說寶貴的東西：家庭、團契、社區和傳統。聚集在一起並分享那些成為我們的東西。

And perhaps we may share in greater ways the practices we share on such holidays. As God commands in Deuteronomy:
也許，在這些節日中我們可以用更好的方式分享，正如上帝在申命記中所命令的那樣：

“And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.”
“我今日所吩咐你的話都要記在心上，也要殷勤教訓你的兒女。無論你坐在家裡，行在路上，躺下，起來，都要談論。也要繫在手上為記號，戴在額上為經文；又要寫在你房屋的門框上，並你的城門上。