Also not big on my list? People who hate Halloween as an evil day of anti-God behavior. I consider myself a religious person, but Halloween is one of my favorite holidays.
Also a peeve of mine, believe me. I used to work at a grocery store, and as soon as the Halloween stuff went up, we'd get incensed customers demanding to see the manager, insisting that we stop promoting 'the Devil's holiday.'
I myself consider Halloween to be the children's holiday, and how much you still celebrate as an adult is indicative of how much you're still in touch with your inner child -- as New-Agey as that sounds. When I was a kid, Halloween was a chance to dress up -- usually as something I *wasn't* -- and OH YEAH! there's chocolate involved :-D! The trick was making my Halloween candy last until Christmas.
My mother explained Halloween to my Mexican BIL by saying America is the only country that teaches its children to beg. *Rolls eyes in amused exasperation*
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Date: 2006-10-04 11:07 pm (UTC)Also a peeve of mine, believe me. I used to work at a grocery store, and as soon as the Halloween stuff went up, we'd get incensed customers demanding to see the manager, insisting that we stop promoting 'the Devil's holiday.'
I myself consider Halloween to be the children's holiday, and how much you still celebrate as an adult is indicative of how much you're still in touch with your inner child -- as New-Agey as that sounds. When I was a kid, Halloween was a chance to dress up -- usually as something I *wasn't* -- and OH YEAH! there's chocolate involved :-D! The trick was making my Halloween candy last until Christmas.
My mother explained Halloween to my Mexican BIL by saying America is the only country that teaches its children to beg. *Rolls eyes in amused exasperation*