In the days of old, Halloween was probably the coolest holiday. Christmas was still the best, getting presents trumped most things. But Halloween, the day where you get to wear a cool costume and go to your neighbors and they have to give you candy or they suck, that was an awesome holiday. But nowadays, as you get older, Halloween is becoming less and less important in most ways, but in other ways, probably the most fun social event of the year.
Being in college, there is no more going door to door trick or treating. And if you live in a dorm room, there is no one even coming into go trick or treating. I live in Bethlehem, PA, and here, Halloween doesn't actually even happen on the 31st. it's the Friday before Halloween. Even so, no kids come to our door, they avoid our street, probably because there are so many students. But as a person who was looking forward to handing out candies and being an old person. But they took that away from me!
But while the youthful days of Halloween have gone away, the new Adult Halloween has arrived. Halloween is no longer just "The 31st," it's Halloweekend! The weekend closest to Halloween is now considered fair game. People will have multiple costumes for the whole weekend. It's just an amazing weekend for partying, which is always cool. Besides the obvious reasons people like parties, just seeing all of your friends and peers in fun costumes is always cool. It's just the best kind of party where you can be funny, cool, scary, or sexy (Sorry, it didn't feel right not to include that adjective).
Along with being an adult on Halloween, there's also candy. College students obviously don't go door to door asking for candy anymore. But who needs it? You're an adult, just go to CVS and buy some candy with your own money. It's Halloween, you don't need to worry about buying too much candy. For all people know, you're getting ready for Trick or Treaters. It's perfect. No guilt, no worries, more candy.
It's really kind of incredible when you realize the situation. Having all the control during the Halloween season. Instead of trying to sneak horror movies late at night without you parents knowing, now we have Netflix! You can just binge horror movies all October! It's even more than just being older, we live in a new world where we can make Halloween awesome!
In the end, people can still be nostalgic for Halloween. But life is all about moving forward and having new experiences. So in my opinion, I would say we are better off Halloweening as adults than as kids.
