In America there are many joyous holidays that cause for
celebration. For Christmas it is the
celebration of the birth of Christ our Savior. For New Years it is the celebration
of a new year and a fresh new start at life and goals. But what causes the celebration of Halloween?
Weeks leading up to Halloween many people attend Haunted
Houses, where they come close to wetting their pants from being frightened so
bad. Some scramble through corn mazes making turn after turn where hours of
being clueless either pays off and they find themselves at the end or they through
their hands up in the air with defeat – giving up. For some it is going to the
pumpkin patch where they pick the largest or roundest or orangest or plumpest pumpkin they can find. Once they have found
their pumpkin of choice they decorate or carve it to their likening. For some,
they celebrate their festivities through decorating their house. Some decorate their
houses so that they are spooky filled with death and zombies and others fill
theirs with cute festive things such as candy corns, pumpkins, and ghost. On the night of Halloween though is when the so
called “holiday” really gets fun. Once the sun has gone down the trick or
treaters come out, each dressed in a costume as something they’re not. Their
costumes are anything from an angel to a werewolf… on Halloween you can see it
all. Their reward for dressing up is
candy. But what does Halloween truly celebrate? In fact this holiday is really
no celebration at all, but rather a sleepless night caused from the constant
ringing of the doorbell, high blood sugar levels and upset stomachs from all of
the candy, and empty wallets from all of the Halloween expenses. Halloween is
not a day of celebration but rather a day filled with festivities that bring
the inner child out of a person.
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