Tired of all this pumpkin and plastic skeleton crap everywhere. Thanks, marketing ghouls 
What, are we going to start celebrating the 4th of July next? Might as well with the NATO membership I guess
Tired of all this pumpkin and plastic skeleton crap everywhere. Thanks, marketing ghouls
What, are we going to start celebrating the 4th of July next? Might as well with the NATO membership I guess
Of all things you could complain about with Americanization, you complain about Halloween? The best holiday ever conceived by any culture ever?
Decorating a supermarket with gaudy plastic skulls does not a holiday make
It doesn’t, but it’s also the only truly communal American holiday. Christmas creates a lot of good will amongst people, I know my union my Grandma represented adopted HUNDREDS of families for adopt-a-christmas every year. However Christmas is still about. But modern Christmas is still based in celebrating your family, not people as a whole. Adopting other families isn’t essential for a Christmas celebration. Halloween is a day for children to walk around feeling cool in their costumes, get candy, and just have a good day. It’s the one day of year Americans can actually knock on their neighbors door without it being weird. Even St. Patrick’s day, the second most communal holiday in America, is entirely based around parades and not homes.
On one hand, I don’t think Halloween would mean much to nations with closer communal ties. I get why other nations don’t understand why America loves Halloween so much. On the other hand, Halloween’s cultural significance of being the only inherently community building holiday in America makes it a more worthy holiday than many others. With how alienated people are becoming from each other, I think Halloween is a more important holiday in America than ever.
Would you prefer the Christmas decorations already be there instead?