I hate Halloween! I've never understood the reason for it. Almost all holidays have some sort of historical significance, tradition, or happy story behind them. Not Halloween! Its pointless! Dress up as someone or something you aren't. Try to trick or scare people. Focus is on the dead, disgusting, terrifying, etc. Go to people's houses begging for candy. Rot your teeth out eating all of the candy. I just don't see any point to the holiday. Not even a day off of work. This really bothered me so I had to find out how Halloween got started. It actually has an interesting history.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween
I encourage you to read up on it. Its meant to remember our dead ancestors. This should be like the International Family History/Temple Work Day around the world. I found the history quite interesting and I bet nobody today knows the true history around how Halloween came into existence or even how relatively new it is in the US. Its barely 100 years old. Perhaps this next year, I'll dedicate Halloween to Family History or Temple Work. Maybe that will get me excited about Halloween.
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