Halloween is a Dumb Holiday
June 24, 2008 2:03 pm Random GripingsOk ok, I know that its a little early for this, but honestly I think that Halloween is a dumb holiday. For some reason I was thinking about it today so I thought I’d write about it.
I thought it was kinda cool when I was a kid, but that was just because of all the free candy. That’s it, nothing more.
My real problem with Halloween is this: when did it become a ’sexy’ holiday? I mean seriously. I thought it was all about kids dressing up like little ghosts and witches and stuff. But I think the movie Mean Girls said it best when one of the girls says, “Halloween is the one night a year when girls can dress like a total slut and no other girls can say anything about it.” Sadly that is what this holiday has become.
For example, there’s this website called Costume Cauldron, and one of their keywords on their home page is ‘Sexy Adults.’ Even they are promoting the new sexy Halloween. Then on the home page some of the costumes that come up are ’sexy vixen pirate wench’ and ’sexy eskimo cutie.’ This is just retarded…
One thing I will say for Halloween though is that if you keep it for the kids, it still is a lot of fun. Last year we took my son around as a monkey and he was totally cute. Toddler Halloween costumes are really cute, just because they are all about the fun of the holiday, not the bad side of it.
Needless to say, I would be totally happy if they didn’t have this holiday at all. And sites like Costume Cauldron honestly annoy me. But in the end, my kid loved it. So for the time being I will still probably be involved to some degree in Halloween, just for my kids sake. So I guess in the end there is still a need for these kinds of companies and sites. But really, can we stop with the ’sexiness’ of Halloween already?
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tags: gripings, holidays, observations
Hey man
Halloween is the best night of the year. All the kids get some candy and all of us can get som “i candy” lol…. Anyway good point.
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I really like your idea on Halloween.Not many think this way,as you said as people get older Halloween gets boring…I used to long for Halloween during childhood but now it has become boring.
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I think Halloween at theme parks is fun.
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well i dont think halloween is a holiday…
i do think its more for kids…they go get candy and dress up as a power ranger or something…
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I agree. Halloween is a fun holiday but to some its turning into something completely different.
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I actually liked Halloween as a kid. Sad….You give a compelling logical argument however.
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I agree, halloween is a waste of time and provides great opportunities for roudy teens to get into trouble!
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I hate it too man i used to be a really nice holiday with little kids runnin around in the costumes but now it has turned into party night for adults.
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I don’t get along with my parents and my wife doesn’t get along with her parents, so we never hang out with relatives that we don’t like. overall, i shouldn’t be complaining, but still it would be nice to have big xmas’s or thanksgivings.
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You guys are focusing on the worst, most cynical aspects of the holiday. Its fun if you make it fun. It will be a “drag” if you focus on the bad aspects. Its like saying that Christmas is a bummer because some people are too caught up in the commercial side of that holiday. Fine, but don’t let that spoil the whole thing!
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Don’t like this holiday at all..
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Although I don’t have any kids, I do have fond memories of when I was a kid on Halloween. The thought of being “sexy” never even crossed my mind. I agree that this is a strange turn of events where Halloween has become “sexy” instead of scary, but if you think about it, Halloween has never really been about what Halloween was intended to be: the night before the Day of the Dead.
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I think Halloween is mostly done now just as a cash grab. Very few know the origins of the holiday, let alone care.
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Well I agree with you that Halloween is really not needed. But if the ladies want to wear sexy outfits for a private party, that seems to be okay so long as there is no kids present. But, you have a good point. Waste of time and money for Halloween.
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I personally love the Halloween!
Both kids and adults can enjoy this holiday, sexy or not.
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Don’t like Halloween at all.
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I agree with you about the commercialization of Halloween…let’s keep the holiday for the kids. But you have to admit, some of the “sexy” Halloween costumes are just too funny:)
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me and my family love this holiday, specially my little “Casper”.
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Dan Reply:
November 19th, 2008 at 8:00 am
that would be a cute costume. OK, it has it’s fun moments, maybe I just need to get over it!
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Do you remember religion site of this holiday? when people believe in Got, they wont dress up so sexy. For other people it’s just night of fun.
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