When I was younger, I loved how my mom would make me a really intense costume or dress me up in a ridiculously cute animal outfit. The fact that you get to go from house to house getting free candy from your creepy neighbors was pretty much the best thing in the world. Upon approaching middle school you ditch the parents and are finally let out to go trick-or-treating by yourself. You pray that your parents let you stay out a little later since it IS a holiday and you have school the next morning. In high school, it's all about being tan and making a fool of yourself, all while celebrating Halloween that Friday and Saturday before it's even October 31st. Later in the high school years and of course college, most girls get too tan and overexpose themselves for the big night. I'm not saying it's not fun to be a little out there and stuff, but it's crazy how you can go from dressing up like a cute little bunny rabbit to dressing up like a Playmate. I find it completely nuts that in many parts of the world, people don't go trick-or-treating, nor know what Halloween is. I know in Mexico, Halloween is actually to honor the dead. I sometimes feel bad that us Americans have changed this holiday so drastically. Well, now that pumpkin carving is just around the corner, what's everyone being for Halloween this year?!
-Britt
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I definitely miss the simpler times of Halloween. I feel like the elementary years were definitely the best for this holiday. Especially on those rare years where you got to dress up for the entire day. Oh, the good ole days...
It is amazing to learn the origins of halloween. We have a weekly newspaper in my dorm in our bathrooms called the "poop scoop" and in last week's edition it explained the history of halloween and came to be. I don't remember all the details, but it was definitely an interesting story, too bad not everyone knows about it...
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