Does it appear to anyone else as though Halloween is slowly drifting away from what it was supposed to be? To me, a big part of Halloween was being scared and scaring other people. I can recall as a kid even though I hated being scared that Halloween brought about a special feeling where it was a ton of fun. It seemed every house I would visit would be decorated in gore and viscera or at least have someone in a scary mask sitting on the porch waiting to terrify you.
A handful of years ago it started leaning towards the slutty and the childish though. At first it was largely just the slutty with older woman and eventually young girls dressing in smaller and smaller/cuter and cuter clothes. I accepted this both because I happily will admit I am a pervert, and also because well it makes sense that many women do not want to dress up in gory stuff like guys(especially young girls). However it seemed right after this homes began being decorated with those giant stupid
ing Winnie the Pooh crap and ghosts as well as other cutesy decorations and stuff that is totally not in the spirit of Halloween. Along with it came the trend that even guys are supposed to dress stupid now. If you are in shape you need to wear something sexy with your wife, where if you are out of shape you are supposed to try and do something goofy like a baby or a politician. Sadly, many little boys are even being barred from being scary. My brother had to get two Halloween costumes the last 2 years because scary costumers were not allowed at school during their Halloween party. A local town also had an event where bussiness passed out candy instead of local homes, as weird as it was I thought whatever....till I read no scary costumes permitted....wtf?
Then came Halloween not being celebrated on Halloween 90% of the time anymore as well as curfews for how late you could stay out. Many cities began dictating that Halloween would be celebrated on specific days that way it was not on a school night or it did not interfere with other town events. I rolled my eyes and followed suit sadly. I accepted not celebrating on Halloween and that kids needed to be in doors by 8:30 or 9.
As sad as all of this has made me I have minded my own business and went on teaching my little brother and cousins the true spirit of Halloween! I have hosted my yearly party exposing kids to movies that keep them awake for nights on end and making sure my home/apartment scares the shit out of any kids that live near me. Now though I think it is going too far, the straw that is breaking the Camels back is that several cities around me are setting their curfews before it is even dark out! It is bad enough that Halloween is not Halloween day in most of these places, but that on top of that they are now saying trick or treating is between the hours of 4 and 7....that is just insane! If something happens to a kid after dark trick or treating, then guess what....there was noing parent with him or other responsible adult!
Honestly what is even the point of Halloween anymore? We might as well just convert the Holiday to be like Christmas. Kids will dress up the night before and when they wake up their parents will have set a giant bag ofing candy on the table for them.
Sigh, the only up side is that my town is still doing it old school. There is a curfew but it is like 6-9 which is much more reasonable, and it is actually on Halloween even if Halloween is a Sunday this year. I swear if my town ever pulls this 4-7 stuff I will put a huge sign in my yard notifying everyone that kids that come to my house before dark get no candy and scared shitless, kids that come to my house after dark get the candy those other losers forfeit(meaning double or triple candy)and they will get scared twice as shitless because that is what Halloween is about.
Edit - Just wanted to add 2 more quick sad observations. First off less and less people are celebrating Halloween. Last year when I took my little brother out Trick or treating he only got like 20% of a bag of candy vs the 50%-70% I always filled. Instead of only a house or two on the block not passing out candy it seemed a good 70% of them were not participating. We had to walk past 3 or 4 empty houses for every house that was actually passing out candy. The reason for this may be related to my second sad observation. It seems less kids are even participating. I just bought my first house and when I asked the neighbor kids who are 11 if they are trick or treating they said no they are too old for it and they are going to a party. It seems I hear this more and more, me and most of the people I knew were almost adult height before we stopped...yet now the cool thing to do regardless if you are 32 or 11 is to go to a party. Bet the neihgbor girl will dress like a slut to boot!
/end Grumpy old man rant. Sorry, needed to get it off my chess. Anyone else feel Halloween is loosing all purpose?
A handful of years ago it started leaning towards the slutty and the childish though. At first it was largely just the slutty with older woman and eventually young girls dressing in smaller and smaller/cuter and cuter clothes. I accepted this both because I happily will admit I am a pervert, and also because well it makes sense that many women do not want to dress up in gory stuff like guys(especially young girls). However it seemed right after this homes began being decorated with those giant stupid
ing Winnie the Pooh crap and ghosts as well as other cutesy decorations and stuff that is totally not in the spirit of Halloween. Along with it came the trend that even guys are supposed to dress stupid now. If you are in shape you need to wear something sexy with your wife, where if you are out of shape you are supposed to try and do something goofy like a baby or a politician. Sadly, many little boys are even being barred from being scary. My brother had to get two Halloween costumes the last 2 years because scary costumers were not allowed at school during their Halloween party. A local town also had an event where bussiness passed out candy instead of local homes, as weird as it was I thought whatever....till I read no scary costumes permitted....wtf?Then came Halloween not being celebrated on Halloween 90% of the time anymore as well as curfews for how late you could stay out. Many cities began dictating that Halloween would be celebrated on specific days that way it was not on a school night or it did not interfere with other town events. I rolled my eyes and followed suit sadly. I accepted not celebrating on Halloween and that kids needed to be in doors by 8:30 or 9.
As sad as all of this has made me I have minded my own business and went on teaching my little brother and cousins the true spirit of Halloween! I have hosted my yearly party exposing kids to movies that keep them awake for nights on end and making sure my home/apartment scares the shit out of any kids that live near me. Now though I think it is going too far, the straw that is breaking the Camels back is that several cities around me are setting their curfews before it is even dark out! It is bad enough that Halloween is not Halloween day in most of these places, but that on top of that they are now saying trick or treating is between the hours of 4 and 7....that is just insane! If something happens to a kid after dark trick or treating, then guess what....there was no
ing parent with him or other responsible adult!Honestly what is even the point of Halloween anymore? We might as well just convert the Holiday to be like Christmas. Kids will dress up the night before and when they wake up their parents will have set a giant bag of
ing candy on the table for them.Sigh, the only up side is that my town is still doing it old school. There is a curfew but it is like 6-9 which is much more reasonable, and it is actually on Halloween even if Halloween is a Sunday this year. I swear if my town ever pulls this 4-7 stuff I will put a huge sign in my yard notifying everyone that kids that come to my house before dark get no candy and scared shitless, kids that come to my house after dark get the candy those other losers forfeit(meaning double or triple candy)and they will get scared twice as shitless because that is what Halloween is about.
Edit - Just wanted to add 2 more quick sad observations. First off less and less people are celebrating Halloween. Last year when I took my little brother out Trick or treating he only got like 20% of a bag of candy vs the 50%-70% I always filled. Instead of only a house or two on the block not passing out candy it seemed a good 70% of them were not participating. We had to walk past 3 or 4 empty houses for every house that was actually passing out candy. The reason for this may be related to my second sad observation. It seems less kids are even participating. I just bought my first house and when I asked the neighbor kids who are 11 if they are trick or treating they said no they are too old for it and they are going to a party. It seems I hear this more and more, me and most of the people I knew were almost adult height before we stopped...yet now the cool thing to do regardless if you are 32 or 11 is to go to a party. Bet the neihgbor girl will dress like a slut to boot!
/end Grumpy old man rant. Sorry, needed to get it off my chess. Anyone else feel Halloween is loosing all purpose?
Sorry.
