Halloween

As a child I grew up in a small town where nearly every kid in the town would walk around the whole town on October 31^st and trick or treat. Every Halloween all the neighbors on our street would set up a fire at the end of the dead end in our road. We would all grill over the fire and make a huge pot of chili. Every year we would also have a pumpkin carving contest to see who could make the most creative design. We would all spend the entire day out there throwing football and just sitting around the fire. As I grew up I got away from dressing up from Halloween and the trick or treating. But in recent years it has been fun to go to a big party on the weekend of Halloween and dress up. This recent year I dressed up as Popeye the Sailor, everyone got a kick out of it. I believe Halloween is a good holiday and should be celebrated everywhere. I agree that adults grow out of the holiday and do not take place in the whole trick or treating custom. But I know of some adults that still go to Halloween parties or go walk around town on the weekend for the fun of it. Halloween is the one day of the year that you can get away with dressing up like anybody or anything that you would like and not get looked down upon or mocked. Halloween will never get old and should be celebrated by all.