Christian speaker Rev J John questions what Halloween stands for and believes it is getting ‘darker and nastier’ each year. Halloween has become one of the biggest events in the British calendar. There have always been traditions associated with 31 October, but the present extravaganza, with its epidemic of ‘trick-or-treating’, is a recent phenomenon. Financially, Halloween is now, after Christmas and Easter, our third highest grossing celebration. When people talk about what happens on 31 October a little phrase commonly heard is that Halloween is ‘harmless nonsense’. But is it indeed harmless? Is it merely nonsense? It’s time to do some hard thinking. JJohn gives you six reasons why Halloween is not harmless: 1. Halloween celebrates evil. 2: Halloween is unhelpful: 3. Halloween trivialises bad things: 4. Halloween is offensive: 5. Halloween is getting worse: 6. Halloween allows evil a victory.` Click on the ‘More’ link for details.