I know this may come off as a “boomer” comment or old, but…what happened to Halloween and the…you know, spirit of it? Maybe this is just me..because I AM very, VERY old to be caring about this…but really think about it. When it was Halloween, I…I decided to go trick-or-treating with my boyfriend. OK, I only went because I do like candy, and I just wanted to hang out with him. I dressed up as a bee, it was so adorable…it even had a stinger at the back. And, what I noticed when we did go scouting for candy, I don’t know, it felt so…dead (haha, get it?). No, but seriously…the streets felt so…empty.
And you may think it could just be his neighborhood, but…it really wasn’t. Because my neighborhood is also dead. Not that many kids stroll around for candy as often as it was when I was much younger. Maybe it is just boring to walk around for candy…when every store has some. Now, I am not saying all kids stopped having fun and finding joy in activities. I’m Gen-Z, so I sort of fall into that category of kids who are “glued to their electronics,” but I still enjoy simple stuff.
I think of recently, kids just…stop being kids though. Not many children dress up or even get candy. Sure, babies, maybe, but my main target is children. I volunteered for a Trunk-or-Treat event and saw kids, but…eh. Still, I think as a whole, Halloween just feels different for me. Maybe it’s my age…maybe it is just because I do not have that excessive joy that children usually have. Maybe it’s both…I don’t know!
Either way, Halloween is fun, and I wish more kids would see how fun it is.
