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After Witnessing Death, Halloween Lost Its Fear Factor

After Witnessing Death, Halloween Lost Its Fear Factor

Plus some sweet grief and sugar-themed content.

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Oct 31, 2020
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Reasons Why Halloween Is The “Best” Holiday:

  • It isn’t centered around family or romantic relationships (less potential for conflict or feelings of loneliness).

  • You have an excuse to be anyone but yourself for the day.

  • It *falls* during our most visually stunning season.

  • Sugar-laden foods are the main course (perfect for sweet tooths like me).

But the real reason I love Halloween? It’s all about darkness and death. While most of the year, I walk around feeling like an ominous thundercloud threatening a clear, sunny sky, for one day of the year, my cynical personality feels just right. Rarely do I feel like I belong on the streets of my picturesque, happy-go-lucky neighbourhood, but this month, admiring front lawns turned into mini-graveyards adorned with skeletons, I feel right at home. Yet, I also sense an uneasy disconnect; I see a blatant contradiction in these grand displays of the gruesome and grotesque­—every other day of the year, we live in complete denial…

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