Halloween

Every October 31^st, you can’t help but notice stumbling around your street at night that there’s an awfully large number of kids outside dressed in a number of crazy costumes. That’s because October 31^st is Halloween, one of the most popular holidays in the history of holidays!

Halloween is a fun time for everybody. Kids love it because they get to dress up as ghosts, vampires, witches, zombies, and other scary Halloween costumes. They also get to carve out pumpkins in a scary manner, while going from door to door asking strangers, "trick or treat." For the most part, these strangers say treat and provide these children with some delicious, delicious candy. Of course, the Halloween hi-jinks don’t just stop there. There are Halloween games to be played, crafts to be made, and a house to be redecorated to scare people.

Once you get a little bit older, Halloween is also a fun time. Although you can’t really go around the neighborhood asking people for candy, you can do the next best thing: go to a raging Halloween party. Halloween parties are the best because you get to see all of your friends dressed up in costumes. These Halloween costumes don’t necessarily fit into the same category of costumes that you had when you were younger, but some popular Halloween costumes this year for the older set include: a pimp, a ho, Metrosexual Satan, Effeminate George W. Bush, and of course the classic, Wilt Chamberlain.

While Halloween is a time of fun and games, there are some important safety precautions that one has to take. Although the movie Bowling for Columbine disproved this urban myth, it’s still important for kids to be careful with the candy that they collect from strangers. Additionally, if a person gives you a pencil or a pen as your Halloween treat, instead of getting angry, you should realize that you’re pretty lucky to be celebrating a holiday where you get to go around the neighborhood and get free stuff. So don’t mess it up by glowering kid.

A major concern that parents have when getting their kids ready for Halloween is their safety wondering the roads. Although most drivers are extremely cautions on Halloween, it still helps if you make sure that your children has a Halloween costume that can be seen in the dark. However, if they have a particularly great costume that can only be in dark colors, you have to realize that sometimes you have to sacrifice a bit of safety for a great costume.

As Halloween approaches, many people are still scrambling to get those Halloween treats for those little visitors that will be knocking on their demanding some swag. Chocolate is always a great treat to hand out on Halloween, although peanuts have become a pretty big scare and should be avoided. Potato chips are also great, as are miscellaneous candies. Hard candy, although appreciated, generally don’t go over so well with the kids. If you can’t be home for Halloween, you can always leave a bowl out on your porch for your little visitors. However, kids, you should understand that this arrangement is an introduction to the honor system and you should play by those rules. Have a happy Halloween everyone!