Happy Halloween

Halloween is by far my mom’s favorite holiday. Throughout my childhood my mom has always decorated the house to the nines. Spider webs covered the front of our house; we had a melted witch and pumpkins. Furthermore, the outside of our house was not the only part of our house that was decorated, the inside was as well. As I grew older, my mom’s fascination with Halloween grew more and more, but not with the corny, fun decorations. Her rule for buying decorations is the scarier and creepier the better.

For Halloween two years ago, we created a graveyard in our front yard complete with a grim reaper and a fog machine. My mom also put up gargoyles that have now become permanent decorations. We also had scary Halloween music playing and my mom dressed up and wore white out contact lenses. However, this Halloween was much different. Considering that mom is usually the lady that goes all out, it surprised me that she refused to participate in Halloween this year. Then she began to explain to me her reasoning. She did not want to participate because Halloween was during the work week. Due to this grim fact, kids must begin trick or treating earlier in the evening, so they can be home at a reasonable hour. For my mom, if you’re not trick or treating when it’s dark outside, you mine as well not trick or treat at all.

Seeing as my mom was participating in Halloween this year neither was I. However, this was not because I did not want, for I dearly wanted to go out and have participate in the childish festivities known as Halloween, but because I had homework and I had to study. This was the first year that I have not gone trick or treating and this greatly upsets me. I was quite jealous of the children who were out trick or treating, while I was locked inside my room studying. Both my mom and I have come to the decision that Halloween should only be on a Friday or Saturday because then all parties: children, teenagers, and adults can participate.