There are several reasons.
- I hated dressing up - I am not creative - nor do I feel comfortable pretending to be something I am not...for some this is fun - for me TORTURE!
- Going trick or treating was somewhat embarrassing....begging for candy; having to sing to get a chocolate bar and getting all kinds of guesses as to "what you are" and none of them getting it right!
- In Endiang, and for the most part Canada, it was always damn COLD!
- And the biggest reason I hate Halloween - I AM AFRAID OF THE DARK! That's right - truly afraid of what I can't see....and even more afraid of what might be lurking there - to have an entire holiday dedicated to things lurking in the dark creeps me out. period.
Having said that - I am not against giving out Candy to little ones who still enjoy the holiday - its true - you won't catch me dressing up or sneaking around cemeteries, but you will find me at home - with all my lights on - happily handing out Candy.... but only if Darren isn't home!
Darren, or the "Halloween Grinch", doesn't think that buying candy to hand out to strangers is very good investment. Thanks Banker. He'd rather turn off the lights and hide out in the basement with our newest Wii game. Last year, our first Halloween together, we went to the farm for supper - and turned off the lights at our home...so this year I expected some elaborate ploy to get us out of the house to avoid the candy free-for-all.
But ahh.... Hunting season opens tomorrow! Darren will be off in the woods all weekend - leaving me free to hand out Candy at will. I snuck out last night and bought Halloween Candy...and I admit - its expensive... but for the first Halloween ever - I get to decide...
MAKE THEM SING OR NOT?
