I realize I’m likely part of a pretty small minority on this, but I don’t like Halloween; I could tolerate a week or so of ugly and/or creepy stuff in stores and lawns but after a month and a half of it I’m really really tired of ghosts/skeletons/witches/whatever. And it goes straight from that into almost 2 months of Christmas stuff that leaves me feeling like “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” starts out as a pretty good story that’s spoiled by the ending. Somewhere in the middle there’s a brief acknowledgement of Thanksgiving. IMO spending some time focusing on things we’re grateful for would benefit everyone, but telling the consumers of the world to be thankful doesn’t get them into stores or on websites spending money. Being thankful is sort of anti greed so it’s suppressed as much as possible by all the establishments that are trying to find the least amount of quality they can sell for the highest amount of money.
Also my family mostly all gets along and I actually like getting together with them and eating stupid amounts of food.
@algae1221
Got to admit, I have run across a few entertaining Halloween decorations. Saw this one last year when we were traveling in Massachusetts.
And yes, like you, our family gets along pretty well. As we’ve gotten older my wife and I have gotten away from giving things to the kids and grandkids. We will give experiences for presents that frequently involve short trips together, often with experiences like concerts, rafting, zip-lines, museums, etc etc.
The only downside to Thanksgiving is that it marks the end of the autumn season; I love autumn decor, I love Christmas decoration also but its still a jarring change from harvest colors to bright red/green/crystal/snow.
Halloween is fun for a week, kind of ‘lays on top’ of the Autumn decor then gets taken down and packed up the weekend of or after Halloween. We get so few trick-or-treaters that the effort isn’t worth it any more. I still do it mostly so I can bring out special decor my parents left us that we used when we were kids, or that were gifts later on.
It’s my favorite Holliday… I’m obsessed with decorating
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I realize I’m likely part of a pretty small minority on this, but I don’t like Halloween; I could tolerate a week or so of ugly and/or creepy stuff in stores and lawns but after a month and a half of it I’m really really tired of ghosts/skeletons/witches/whatever. And it goes straight from that into almost 2 months of Christmas stuff that leaves me feeling like “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” starts out as a pretty good story that’s spoiled by the ending. Somewhere in the middle there’s a brief acknowledgement of Thanksgiving. IMO spending some time focusing on things we’re grateful for would benefit everyone, but telling the consumers of the world to be thankful doesn’t get them into stores or on websites spending money. Being thankful is sort of anti greed so it’s suppressed as much as possible by all the establishments that are trying to find the least amount of quality they can sell for the highest amount of money.
Also my family mostly all gets along and I actually like getting together with them and eating stupid amounts of food.
@algae1221
Got to admit, I have run across a few entertaining Halloween decorations. Saw this one last year when we were traveling in Massachusetts.
And yes, like you, our family gets along pretty well. As we’ve gotten older my wife and I have gotten away from giving things to the kids and grandkids. We will give experiences for presents that frequently involve short trips together, often with experiences like concerts, rafting, zip-lines, museums, etc etc.
The only downside to Thanksgiving is that it marks the end of the autumn season; I love autumn decor, I love Christmas decoration also but its still a jarring change from harvest colors to bright red/green/crystal/snow.
Halloween is fun for a week, kind of ‘lays on top’ of the Autumn decor then gets taken down and packed up the weekend of or after Halloween. We get so few trick-or-treaters that the effort isn’t worth it any more. I still do it mostly so I can bring out special decor my parents left us that we used when we were kids, or that were gifts later on.