Halloween
Happy Halloween. I'm a scrooge this year for Halloween. I have no costume, no plans, no candy and plan on leaving the porch light off (I do not want to have another year where I give out 2 pieces of candy to 2 kids and have a huge ass bag of sugar crap I don't want to and really can't eat). Oddly enough, I am thoroughly unexcited about Halloween this year. Part of it is the desire to not plan a damn thing until the holidays and I think part of it is the feeling of knowing that Halloween has been a let down in years past. I realized this year that this could be remedied by throwing the type of Halloween party I want to go to (lots of great food - in the form of an actual dinner, good music, costumes, good conversation) but see prior sentence about not wanting to plan any damn thing.
I do feel guilty about not being the adult and inactive participant in trick or treating. It feels like a dying tradition. I loved trick or treating as a kid. It is sad to see it die away but on the other hand, if it can be replaced by something new in the same spirit that might work. As a non-parent, I don't know what it's like to treat or treat now but it doesn't seem like there's a large amount of trust to going door to door anymore. I wonder if the community parties and neighborhood parties can take the place of the treat or treating. Nothing can take the place of the huge bag of candy that one picks through and hordes for a few precious weeks I'm sure but the festivities of Halloween that used to happen could perhaps placate that loss. I think I might just be out of the loop though. I'm done with the parties and bars of the 20 something set and not at the party with kids set at this time.
I also swear I write this same complaint every damn year.
I do feel guilty about not being the adult and inactive participant in trick or treating. It feels like a dying tradition. I loved trick or treating as a kid. It is sad to see it die away but on the other hand, if it can be replaced by something new in the same spirit that might work. As a non-parent, I don't know what it's like to treat or treat now but it doesn't seem like there's a large amount of trust to going door to door anymore. I wonder if the community parties and neighborhood parties can take the place of the treat or treating. Nothing can take the place of the huge bag of candy that one picks through and hordes for a few precious weeks I'm sure but the festivities of Halloween that used to happen could perhaps placate that loss. I think I might just be out of the loop though. I'm done with the parties and bars of the 20 something set and not at the party with kids set at this time.
I also swear I write this same complaint every damn year.