Top 3 Reason Why It’s Time To Cancel Halloween!
I have been thinking about this for a while now, and have decided that it is time we all just Canceled Halloween.
After all, it is an Evil Pagan holiday right…? And some people take the Holiday t dark extremes so it must be bad for everyone. Besides all that candy isn’t good for you. Of course, I could just focus on different aspects of celebrating Halloween, that way my kids could enjoy all the good aspects of the Holiday without the bad, but let's be honest, that takes too much work. It is easier to just cancel it and move on to Thanksgiving.
If you are on the fences on whether this holiday is really evil and needs to be canceled, Just think of all the negative things Halloween promotes:
1-Voluntarily giving of your substance to others
Every year I am expected to go out and spend my hard earned money to buy treats which I am then expected to just give it all away to my vertically challenged neighbors for nothing in return (well other than seeing they happy faces and adorable costumes). I mean, I never see them offering me any of their treats…Have you? NOPE! Besides all that candy isn't good for a body and non-candy treats are too expensive. No, it's got to be better NOT TO GIVE in such a circumstance.
2-Spending time with family (and friends)
There are soo many activities surrounding Halloween. It's enough to make you tired just thinking about it. The minute October arrives everyone wants to get together to watch Halloween Movies like these 60+ Family Friendly Halloween Movies or Halloween Episodes of favorite TV Shows on Netflix. Next, there are the Halloween Parties like this Epic Harry Potter Halloween Party. Then, your kids want to drag you to the local pumpkin patch to get pumpkins (they are never satisfied with just one) to paint and/or carve. Not satisfied with all of that, they then want to go together to a Haunted House or Con Maze (both of which take a lot of time). And of course, we can't forget the Tick or Treating or Trunk or Treating (depending on where you live). Seriously, the list never seems to end.
What if I just want to be a hermit? Not everyone likes doing…things…with other people. Besides, I have too much work that needs to get done.
3-Being Creative and Indulging in Imagination…
As soon as Fall comes around each year, it's all, “What are your children going to be for Halloween?” Or “What are you going to dress up as for—‘s Halloween party?” If you don’t want to spend a fortune just buying a costume then you have to be creative. Believe me, it takes a lot of time and energy to be creative.
Then there is the pressure of decorating your home and carving pumpkins. Not to mention the pressure thanks to Pinterest of making cute crafts with the kids and treats for them to enjoy throughout the Halloween season. (Like this too cute Cut and Paste Jack-o-lantern activity or these Mint Chocolate Graveyard Dessert Cups )
Being so creative can’t be good for you. I mean creativity is highly overrated. I don’t need my kid's heads (or my own for that matter) filled with flights of fancy and imaginations.Yep, Halloween has just got to go. However, here is the thing. It won’t work if it is just me that cancels/boycotts this atrocious holiday, (because then my kids would resent me because they would feel like they were missing out.) Nope everyone needs to get on the band wagon.
Oh sure our kids will miss it at first, but if everyone has canceled it then they won’t be reminded of what they might be missing out on and won't resent us for being Halloween Humbugs. Think of the children. This really is for the best.
So join with me and Cancel Halloween…and… Save the world?
