When Did Halloween Become a "Hot" Holiday?
Gone are the days of children wearing simple costumes. Now costumes have become extravagant master pieces that cost a big chunk out of the paycheck. It is not uncommon to spend 50 to 150 dollars on one single costume. If you have multiple children this can be a major bite of money.
Adults have also jumped on the Halloween fever. Now adults are also dressing in costume and making a big event out of what was once a child's holiday. Costumes are gracing store shelves with a more adult theme in nature.
Special stores are springing up just to cater to Halloween. Racks and racks of costumes and accessories fill the isles. Masks that look like they belong on a movie set peak out of the selves. Every corner is adorned with ghoulish ornaments and decorations.
Weeks in advance parties are being planned for celebration of the night of Halloween. These parties have become quite extravagant in nature with entertainment and delicacies. The decorations turn an ordinary home into scenes straight out of a horror movie.
Pumpkins are no longer just a gourd hacked up by the youngsters to be placed in a window or on the front stoop with a candle. Now pumpkin carving is a work of art. Special tools are needed to do the extravagant carvings. Pumpkins are placed on display to show the artistic abilities of its owner. The echoes of the children giggling as there little fingers squished inside the pumpkin, trying to pull out the slippery meat and seeds inside, are fading.
Has Halloween just become another hot commercial holiday?
Is the innocence of the children crying "trick or treat" in there homemade costumes fleeting? This Halloween see how many children come beckoning at your door all proud of the costumes they made themselves at home. Chances are they will be decked out in store bought costumes that will be adorned for 2 maybe 3 hours and then discarded.
Halloween is soon to be upon us. Are we going to be hearing the children giggling "trick or treat" or are we going to be more worried about getting ready for the hot adult Halloween party of the year?
Published by Denise Nuttall
Denise Nuttall has been an active freelance writer and online business entrepreneur since 2006. Denise has also been very active in citizen journalism for well over a year and owns her very own hyper-local b... View profile
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Post a CommentI used to love Halloween. No one wore costumes to school, but around 5pm, we'd hit the streets - and not come home till 8 or later! I miss the simplicity of it.