I hate Halloween

There I said it.
 
 
 A gazillion parents stealling all the parking spaces so I can't park near the door of Guitar Center. My least favorite holiday.

We have a great time.

We have a big blow up castle entrance that I put in front of our front porch that
is enclosed with black sheets. It's a big porch so after my wife decorates it there
is still plenty room for many parents and little monsters.

We give candy but I like to put "gift bags" like little lanterns and spooky cups with
toys inside. If they are small we give it to their parents for them.

Been doing it for years so now their are a lot more parents showing up with their little monsters.
We have a great time seeing their costumes and those little monsters can sure be funny.

I remember when I was small. I remember the cool places to hit and I'd like the little ones
to grow up knowing and remembering the fun they had at my place.

Halloween and Christmas are my favorite times of year.

Does Dee Snyder still host that Halloween Parade in NYC Sharke?

Money, it's all about the money.... 

I heard a few years ago that Halloween is actually becoming a bigger holiday financially now than Christmas ........ hard to believe but that was what some economist was saying about it.  Between the parties, decorations and costumes... people were spending a wad of money on it. 

I only observe one holiday a year: April Fool's Day. You don't have to dress up, decorate your yard or buy anyone a gift.

bitflipper


I only observe one holiday a year: April Fool's Day. You don't have to dress up, decorate your yard or buy anyone a gift.

Once again Bitflipper is the voice of wisdom !

craigb


Everyday can be a holiday if you have the right frame of mind.

or no job.

I have absolutely no use for halloween. I tolerate Christmas, mostly because it has become a season rather than a holiday... by the time it gets here I am sick to death of it. I refuse to participate in labor day. My favorite hoilday is Thanksgiving... feast day!! I like independence day, July 4th. (Bugger off queenie)...

I have a real problem integrating Santa and baby Jesus. I have a real problem integrating a celebration of passover/resurecction and a bunny who hides eggs... so at Christmas I find it easiest to just go with Santa and the bunny at Easter/Passover. It truly bothers me to mix the two... but that's probaby just me. I do like me some turkey and dressing though!!

Halloween.. pfffft, though I did like it as a kid!!
I still buy 40 bucks worth of candy and give it out to the kids from other neighborhoods that get trucked in here from other neighborhoods.. I don't mind that, especially the really little ones, they are so special.

That reminds me of a story... about 25 years ago my parents set up two witches and a kettle and all the trimmings in their front yard for halloween. Then on halloween evening they removed the witches and dressed up in the witch costumes themselves. They stood still until the kids got really close and then they moved and spoke... there was a trail of candy across the front yard the next morning that the kids left while running away screaming.
 
My parents used to go all out with Christmas and halloween decorations, in the 1950s and 60s. Dad is 94 and mom will be 96 in Feb. My dad was raised by his mom and his great grandfather, a confederate veteran. (He still wont vote republican because it is "the party of Lincoln") My belly button is "where the yankee shot me". They still live in the house they built in the early 60s, it is amazing really. I plan to live until I am 134... all my life I have thought that I will live to be 134. I'm sure I will be quite intolerant by then. I wont even have to dress up for halloween by then, they can just put me on the porch in a chair... that should do it.

J

Rain
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It coincides w/ a time of the year I used to love back home, with all the leaves turning orange and red and covering the streets and sidewalks.

Spoken like a man who never had to clear up the the freakin' leaves ! ;)

Give me evergreens and warm sun anytime !

There's something really creepy about halloween.

I may not observe Halloween, but I don't mind Halloween gigs. What other occasion prompts legions of otherwise upstanding ladies to get drunk and dress like harlots? If there were more skimpy French Maid outfits worn for Easter, I'm sure it would be more popular.

bitflipper


I may not observe Halloween, but I don't mind Halloween gigs. What other occasion prompts legions of otherwise upstanding ladies to get drunk and dress like harlots? If there were more skimpy French Maid outfits worn for Easter, I'm sure it would be more popular.

Ahhhhhh yes... the ever popular Halloween gigs.... yes...I must concur with your assessment.