Last year I decided to write about my perspective on the major holidays of the year. I got the idea before Halloween but decided to wait rather than start on a negative note. It may be a good thing that I did because my perspective has changed regarding Halloween since last year. A year ago I would have written that it was a waste of a holiday that should be ignored. That was before I had my first Halloween in my current neighborhood (we moved in soon after Halloween two years ago). Now I have decided that Halloween is tolerable because I have a neighbor who has a tradition of making homemade doughnuts on Halloween – that’s worth celebrating.
I don’t mind the cute kids costumes now that my kids are enjoying it more – but I still don’t go for the dark stuff like bloody knives and characters from horror films. I can also pass on the annoying things like walking through ridiculous tangles of fake spider webs.
I agree. I think you have a good perspective. Halloween can be a great celebration if we make it that way.
Thanks Frank. I’m enjoying the discussion you started over at your blog on the subject.
The funny thing is that for me Christmas is the holiday I tolerate and Halloween is one that I look forward to.
I’m the exact opposite, but I can see how someone could be suffering from holiday fatigue by the time that Christmas rolls around.