Why halloween is my favorite holiday

Halloween celebrates gluttony. The only day of the year where kids are allowed to talk to strangers. Halloween music is better than Christmas music. Forget about gift planning, gift-wrapping, and gift returns. Just break off a piece of your Kit Kat bar and call it a day. You can even buy them in bulk and share them to everyone you know. It is a voluntary holiday and anyone who wants to participate in it, young, old, rich and poor.

Even dead people love it because it gives you time to pray for the souls of the departed. Halloween is about conquering your fears. Halloween lets us not waste the day paralyzed with fear. We can look the grim reaper in the eye and tell him we got some partying to do. Professors innovate during remote learning. KC activist group holds vigil.

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Coming out-fits. Sustainable clothing and the environmental impact. The tradition originated from a festival called Samhain from the Celtic. Unlike Halloween, Samhain was celebrated at the end of farming harvest and would last for three days and three nights.

The Celtic people also believed that on the day of Samhain the line between the living and dead became blurred. Samhain was celebrated differently than what we do now. They made big bonfires, dressed up with animal heads, and sacrificed animals. With that, different regions kept on adding their twist to the tradition until it became the holiday that we know today. There are many reasons why the American Halloween celebration as we know it today is the best holiday.

One of the reasons why Halloween is so great is because you can dress up. When dressing up, you can decide on what you want to be and how much energy you put into it. On Halloween, you can dress up as anything you can imagine; it can be real, or it can be imaginary like a unicorn or a witch. In the end, when you are wearing your costume, no one can judge you because that is what the day is about.

Either way, you get candy. One of the reasons that other holidays are not better than Halloween. At Christmas, you spend most of your time stressing about the gifts you have to get for everyone. The planning time for Halloween is significantly shorter than Christmas.

Costumes and candy is the only thing most people worry about, so they are free to enjoy their time. Especially the hand made crafts. And we did have those moments when we went "What is the point in making more? Now, Halloween is back to being just as big and elaborate, and it it feels great to celebrate. Like we are thumbing our noses at the bad luck and saying "you can't bring me down.

Happy Halloween Sharkey! After my birthday Halloween is also my favorite holiday! I hope you have a spookilicious time!! The family birthdays becoming part of the celebration is such a good idea!

But then, everything you shared here is inspiring me. I'm very sorry to hear about the fire though. That must have felt devastating. The way you continued with crafting and making the holiday special just goes to show how traditions are more important than we realize. I've learned a lot in this hub and will be trying some of these ideas.

It's my favorite holiday, too - right up there with Christmas :. Jamie-Aww, it sounds like you have some great Halloween memories too! I have heard of Devol, but never been down there. Sounds like a great community though.

I think smaller towns are better at Halloween. The closest town to me now has people, and they act like they live in a big city. It takes the fun out of the holiday, especially for little kids. This is a very nice hub. Voted up awesome.. There's something about Halloween that I love too. Now, I get to trick or treat with my nephew who just turned two. My mother's birthday is the day before Halloween too so the idea of celebrating a birthday on Halloween Day is sort of fun.

I still enjoy going out on Halloween Day whether it's to a party or to any event just as long as I get to dress up in my favorite costume. It is one of my favorite Halloweens as I am a huge prankster. This holiday gives my all kinds of endless ideas and avenues! I loved the spooky bassinet idea! Interesting reasons why you love Halloween although with a house fire and losing all your treasured decorations I would think it would also spawn sad times I like how your family recovered and continued on to make the following Halloweens just as special.

I know what you mean totally about combing birthdays with Halloween myself and my youngest child's birthday is very close to Halloween so it almost always becomes a party theme of Hallowee. We love Halloween too so were semi-lucky in that aspect.

Halloween is my favorite holiday too. As I was reading, I was imagining how it would be to be sitting at the table doing crafts, all the decorations, scary movies in the background, scented candles, being silly I'm so sorry that a fire took your home.. I know that had to be terrible to go through.

One good thing is nothing can take those happy Halloween memories from you. I grew up in a small town called Devol, Oklahoma.. Some of the older kids would try to sneak around and try to scare us a lot of times. It was so much fun Its great you now have a little one to start your own traditions with! I'm sure she will have cherished memories of this holiday just like you do : Thank God for Halloween! Sharkye Valentine's day is the least celebrated holiday for me too but not for my girlfriend so The Reminder--thank your for the lovely comment and the vote.

I think everyone has to pick the holiday that speaks most to them. The one with the best memories. For me, the least celebrated would probably be Valentine's Day. It just doesn't do anything for me, so I pretend it doesn't exist. I never really thought about celebrating Halloween. It is, in my opinion, the holiday I least celebrate. But after reading your hub it gives me a reason to celebrate it. I also congratulate you from bouncing back from the loss of your home. Great hub and voted up!

Thank you so much Billy for the wonderful comment. I am honored that you read all of the hub, even though I know it was excessively wordy and not broken up for easy reading. Hope you have a great Halloween too! I rarely read hubs word for word Very interesting recollections of your history with Halloween. I'm so sorry you lost your home to fire.

That is a devastating experience for sure; I love how you have bounced back and hold onto tradition. I hope you enjoy a fantastic Halloween this year Creative Writing. Inspirational Writing. Religious Studies.