It’s close to midnight, and something evil’s lurking in the dark.
Alright, actually it’s lunch time and nothing’s lurking anywhere (I hope). I’ve just been listening to Thriller a lot lately.
As much as I miss summer, I love autumn, especially the month of October. The crisp, cold air is refreshing and the changing leaves are beautiful, alright. But mostly, I love Halloween - my second favorite holiday of the year.
For starters, Halloween is just a great idea. Think about how awesome it sounded when you were a kid.
“Let me get this straight. All I have to do is put on a costume and knock on doors, and I get free candy?”
That’s pretty cool, right? Not quite up there with a sack of gifts just for you on Christmas morning, but still pretty awesome.
And I love the imagination of Halloween. In an increasingly cynical world, it’s nice that we still have one night (or season, if you’re like me) to believe in ghosts and goblins, and to wear a costume and pretend you’re someone (or something) else.
Good old fashioned scares are hard to come by these days, and I think I know why. There are too many reasons to be genuinely frightened in our world today. Monsters have become all too real - just watch the evening news. So maybe the enthusiasm for a holiday dedicated to being scared is waning.
But to me, Halloween is more about letting your imagination run wild than being scared. It’s about conjuring up scary stories and monster movies in your head.
It’s a temporary escape from an increasingly harsh reality.
Because as scary as vampires and werewolves may be, they’re not as scary as some of the human monsters that are out there.
Me? I’d rather live in a world with zombies than muggers.
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