In my town trick-or-treating, or rather treating, happens before the sun goes down. All the revelries have been carried out by eight. Some say that it's great. It's a Wednesday and there is no reason to have children staying up too late. While I agree with that statement I wonder...has Halloween become too boring?
First off while I like the date, there is a 71% percent chance that it is on a school/work night. This is frustrating because no matter what you do it has to happen before curfew. Even if you don't have an actual curfew you still need to be able to function the next morning. I propose that it be on the last Friday of October.
You could say that the days leading up to Halloween are meant for spooky activities as well but there is nothing like participating on the actual day. Wouldn't you like to be able to watch all your favorite Halloween movies, trick-or-treat, and go on a haunted hay ride all in one day. You could tell scary stories to your friends all night.
That is Halloween! Halloween is not 2 hours allocated to little kids and their sweet teeth! What happened to the trick part of trick or treating anyway? I know that I'm not a child and that some of the magic surrounding holidays is not the same but I really believed in Halloween! I believed that it could stay with me as I grew. But now as a teenager I find myself asking, What is Halloween? Is it a chance for children to pig out? Or can it be more? Will I ever feel the magic of Halloween again? Or should I just grow up?
I can feel my lips form the word no but is it really possible to hold on to such a childish notion of staying the same? I cannot tell the future, only the present, so right now I will sit back and just enjoy my Halloween anthems.
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