10 Reasons to Love Halloween

Let me be perfectly honest, Halloween is my favorite Holiday.  I like it better than Christmas and Thanksgiving combined.  Halloween has had a special place in my heart since the very first time I put on a witch costume.  There I was, four years old, dressed in a long black dress, smothered in green make-up and carrying an old, broken broomstick.  I was surrounded by ghouls, goblins, and the  occasional super hero.  I was in my element.
 
Every year at this time I start visiting Halloween stores, planning out my costume and buying decorations.  This year I’m going with a “Blood Spattered” theme.  Mostly this consists of blood spatter window clings, table cloths, and wall clings.  I will also place fake limbs and eyeballs in strategic places for added effect.  My house will be plastered with skulls, cobwebs, and creepy crawlies.  I can’t wait! 
 
This is also the time of year I get asked over and over again, “Why do you like Halloween so much?  Aren’t you 30?”  Allow me to answer.  Yes, I’m 30, and Halloween is still my most favorite Holiday.  As someone given more toward sarcasm than cheer, the mood of holiday is fitting to me.  Halloween’s also special becuase it’s the one time of year you get to dress in a costume, pretend to be someone else, pretend to have all sorts of wounds and gashes, and no one calls the cops.
 
In order to explain this to people that have, perhaps, lost that Scary Spirit, I have made a list of reason to embrace the fun of Halloween:

1. Free Candy

   Let’s be serious.  Who doesn’t love candy?  Even if you’re not a fan, you can still get gobs of it for free and give it to people you know who love it.  If my few years in corporate America have taught me anything, it’s this: people love free food.

2. Horror Movie Parties

   Every year, you get a one week period where it’s perfectly acceptable for a group of mature grownups to sit around a television watching villains stalk and kill large numbers of people.  Typically, campy movies are required to truly have a good time.  I recommend later sequels of Hellraiser, Friday The 13th, and Nightmare on Elm Street.

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