It's almost that time of year again so why not have a thread about it? How many of you participate still? This includes but not limited to -handing out candy -going out for candy (maybe kids want to or you're still goin) -decorating interior or exterior -celebrating with a dinner with family -a party with pals -watching spooky movies Unfortunately I'm part of the group that doesn't do any of this these days so to me it's like any other day, just with more sugar.
Party with friends, or people I have friends in common. No handing out candies or decorating though. I'd also say watching Stranger Things, but I'd watch it even if it wasn't released around Halloween.
I hate disappointing the kids that come to my door, but as I've seen over the years the kids grew up so fewer knocked each year. Last year nobody showed up but we were prepared for this. This year I live in a different place, with faces that I saw years ago, just more aged. I'm guessing outside of 1 house I'm not going to encounter any trick or treaters this year as well.
Me and my partner usually take the kids out trick or treating and also hand out candy to kids that come to our door when we get back. The same general rule exists in the U.K. where if your house is decorated/ pumpkin on door step, they have candy. If the lights are off, leave them alone. I don't have time for adult halloweenies, narcissistic fb selfies.
I don't do anything. I'm not a big holiday person except for Thanksgiving. I do love candy, though. I usually wait until the candy has huge discounts on it a week after to stock up. Anybody watch Stranger Things 2 yet? Any good?
My family and I celebrate my sister's birthday on Halloween. Sometimes we had out candy but I don't know if we will this year. We'll have to see tomorrow night. Either way, I'm eating candy and cake lol!
Not Murrican (nor Irish), so: not gonna do a thing. Have to admit, some of you do have awesome costume ideas though!
So you piqued my curiosty and I googled around to learn about the irish origin of Halloween. I happened to read the wikipedia page about the "Geography of Halloween". I wanted to share that small gem:
I grew up not caring about halloween, and I still don't. It's a very american thing, it wasn'ta widely 'celebrated' thing in Australia until the advent of the internet as a mainstream means through which americans could spread their influence. In Tokyo it was all about dressing slutty (men and okama included) and getting absolutely wasted, which was something I could get behind. In multiple ways.
My friend over in England went on multiple rants about the adoption of Black Friday. Sometimes the habits in the US are not meant to be elsewhere (or the US for that matter).
Funny thing is that the US itself is losing the Black Friday crap. Every year the amount of interest/traffic goes down. Most people do that kind of shopping online anymore, which is great for retail workers.
We can create a new day Just look at Cyber Monday I will admit it sucks seeing something I used to do (trick or treating) being much less popular than I remember it being. I'd like to see it be more lively but that's asking a lot these days.
I'd rather it be that. As someone who used to work retail, it really stunk having to leave the family around 5:30 on Thanksgiving to go open up a store early so that 4 people could get 15% an item they didn't need. Then EVERYBODY started doing it and it was obnoxious. At least with Cyber Monday people can still be at their homes with their families. They can all grab a PC and work together finding deals together without having to ruin people's holiday. I know, "perfect world" but still.
