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Originally Posted by kirklancaster
 You sure did inherit your old cyber pappy Kirk's brains and eloquence my son.
Seriously, it is all about one's personal attitude to parties, and whether one prefers being actively fully immersed in the spirit of one, prefers being there at such parties but more as a 'spectator', or does not relish parties at all.
I find it odd that a lot of people who balk at 'celebrating' Halloween, think nothing of joining in with Christmas Festivities - especially those who are not religious.
Really, with me, it's any excuse for a party and a good time with friends and like-minded friendly people.
Life is too short, and too crammed with pain, suffering and misery, NOT to party whenever there is a chance to do so. |
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Originally Posted by caprimint
Well since I fit into this category I guess I'll respond to this. I don't view Christmas as being related to religion in any way (of course it is technically, but it all depends on subjective things like family traditions and your own experience). Christmas for me is about getting together with your family/friends and giving/receiving gifts as a sign of appreciation. I don't understand what we are supposed to be celebrating on Halloween?  |
It's funny actually thinking about it, because I don't particularly enjoy Christmas, for me it's always more of a hassle because I have to do a lot travelling, it's expensive, and 'family time' can be stressful... if I was dress up in a santa costume I'd probably be miserable
Whereas with Halloween, maybe it's because there isn't a load of hassle that comes with it, I'm into horror, I associate the dressing up with having a laugh with my friends etc etc. I always look forward to it more. I think my gripe was just with the 'it's only for kids' thing. There's something really freeing about putting on a costume and going out/showing off/letting go of yourself, basically doing something totally different that you'd never normally do for a night, and a sense of coming together when you see everyone else is doing the same thing (which you wouldn't get if there was no occasion and you were dressing up on a random weekend), and Halloween nights out/parties everyone always seems in higher spirits because of all that, and I think adults need that and get more from all that than kids do. They only really enjoy it because of trick or treating and getting lots of sweets
but it's only when you're an adult that you can fully appreciate Halloween imo
So it's not really about there being a specific reason or need for celebrating it, it's just enjoying the fact that there
is a celebration and like I said, letting go of yourself a bit (which of course noone needs to do if they don't want to or don't get anything from it, but I don't really get why anyone would be judged for doing it either).