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.

Yeah, I know.  There's a costume store next door.  

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 is nuts in this country. Totally nuckin futz. It lasts the whole god damn month of October. It does. I see pumpkins and witch costumes and Halloween advertising from Oct 1. Completely crazy. In Britain, nobody even thinks about it until October 30th, and then it's like "meh..."

Having said that, Christmas in Britain starts on August 31st. 

Halloween and Christmas are my favorite times of year.

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

10 years here and I have never been to the Halloween parade....though I thought Dee Snider did different parades every year? 

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. 

@Sharke: A long time ago there used to be a Satellite company called Voom. They only offered HD channels and you had to use a special box from them to get it. One of those channels was MonstersHD. Every year at Halloween they would broadcast a Halloween parade from New York City and Dee Snyder and some obnoxious woman would be the hosts. It was fun, but you could tell she got on his nerves by the things she said, but he couldn't say anything ...

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.

I Ground Hog Day.