The closer you get to a birthday and the older you are the worse they seem then when you where young.
Its not as if they hold some fear of death, or some desperate battle with aging.
nah....as you age you realize each year is proprotinetly less then when you where younger, at least the excitement for the birthday.
Eventually 'birthday parties' fall to the aside. And sooner or later, most gifts seem to as well. Its not as if you deserve it, but its not what it was when you where young.
The same is true of candy really. And Halloween.
I love halloween, if for no other reason then inside of stores right now you generally have bloody screaming heads facing jolly stuffed santa clauses, which will continue till around after the event.
In other matters I just like halloween. I belive that the macabe is as much a part of existance as anything else. Death should be celebrated as life is celebrated, and fear should be cherished just as joy is.
Also I was gonna say some stuff about that 9/11 thing but I'm kinda thirsty and don't see the point.