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by DemonSlayerMau » Sat Oct 24, 2009 10:55 pm
Well, trick or treating isn't the only reason I think it's more geared toward children. They had special events for my primary school for Halloween when I was a kid, and my dad thinks of it as a childish holiday. Even know a lot of events around here seem to be geared toward children, and even haunted events often have a special section for younger kids, either a toned down fright or just something like a pumpkin patch. Numerous tv specials are even geared toward children, like the Spooky God Mother. I see your point about R rated movies, and Halloween has progressively become my top holiday. It's really a lot of fun, and it brings out my inner child.
Christmas on the other hand, makes me feel a little more grown up because it has taught me to enjoy giving more than recieving. I don't need little kids around to do that, I got a lot of joy as a kid going to the dollar store with my allowance to get a little something for different members of my family and my friends. It's a holiday that brings families together in giving, and a celebration of the birth of our savior. I get really excited to see someone opening a present I got them, even more than I do opening my own. Of course, I really enjoy the gifts I get though and I'm usually quite happy with them.
Christmas also has a lot of responsibility, especially if you're the one hosting the Christmas party you have to prepare all the food and trimmings. I usually like to help my mother out with some of these things.
And as pointed out in this thread, there's the Christmas wines. Of course, not to say there aren't any Halloween wines, but Halloween seems more geared toward candy which, is more of a children thing than Christmas is. Although Christmas has candy too.
But really...It shouldn't matter what the holiday is geared toward as long as you enjoy it. I can understand the stress of Christmas but I find enjoyment picking out presents, even if it is a difficult task trying to find something someone will like. The only thing I have a beef with Christmas really, is that it's overrated and overly commercialized.
This probably seems crazy, crazy, a graveyard theory,
A ghost tried to approach me and got leery.
Ask him a question and he vanished in a second...
~ From a Ghost's Pumpkin Soup (Pumpkin Hill zone theme Song from Sonic Adventure 2) ~
And also, the doctor adviced me to watch some foods that I eat anything that will cause arthiris.
