It’s that time of the year again – it’s October and the time of the coolest holiday ever – Halloween! The only festive season cherished equally by children and adults. Think about it – you would expect people to say Christmas – yeah, sure everything is about love and light but those who really enjoy the presents are the children. For the rest of us – you are aware of the fact that Santa Claus is a fictional character, aren’t you?!- presents don’t come from Laplandia. Now get your credit card at the ready, my friend.
And let’s not even start to compare the coolest holiday ever with Valentine’s Day, shall we?! In fact Valentine’s Day is closer to being the most depressing holiday of all. It requires a significant other to get candy. And let’s face it, too many of us, even if we have a valentine, cannot even provide what he or she expects from us. So chances are, Valentine’s Day will turn out to be miserable and not lovely.
This is impossible for Halloween. At Halloween nobody is left out. Everyone celebrates- the weirder, the better. You know the old joke that says, “Who won the last year’s skeleton beauty contest? – No body.” That’s right, it’s the only day of the year when the scarier you look, the more credit you get, regardless of gender and race. Told ya, the coolest holiday ever!
Halloween guarantees great memories for years to come. What do you remember from last Christmas? The fortune spent on presents? Not that Halloween isn’t an industry of its own. In recent years it has been heavily commercialized. But what isn’t today? You go into the supermarket and there are whole departments of Halloween themed goods. Halloween, in fact, has become a season of its own; paving the way for the long year-end Thanksgiving/Christmas double-header. Undoubtedly, Halloween has become a million-dollar industry, but after all we are here for the candy right, kiddos?! This is what Halloween means to the little ones – tons of candy to munch on. We can all remember a costume our parents gave us once, that sucked big time. But, hey wasn’t it worth it the brief moment of humiliation compared to the bags of sweets that followed! I just saw a hilarious comic of children in costumes waiting for treats and the speech bubbles read: “Sugar-free candy, please!” “Only vegan chocolate, ma’am!” “I’m lactose intolerant!” “I’m celiac!” “I can’t eat nuts!” “I have nugget allergy!” “Only organic, please!”
As for adults, Halloween is a rare opportunity to get weird and childish and to unleash their imagination and play around. Always sure to have a laugh with your colleague who is rocking a pregnant Tinkerbelle costume at the office party, or was that yourself? Inevitably, the memories of Halloween parties get blurry at some point. My friend fell asleep on the train on his way home to a remote town. Some passengers called the police as they thought he was beaten to death. More than dead, he was well and proper drunk. That’s what I call a killer zombie disguise.
Oh, and let’s not forget the home decor – you can leave actual cobwebs intact all around the house recreating that TRES CHIC MACABRE interior. By the way, do you know who the most famous French skeleton was? Napoleon Bone-apart.
So, dear friends, enjoy the festive season, get spooky and remember that it’s bad luck to meet a black cat only if you’re a mouse.
