Ranting is Fun

Halloween

Halloween is in three days.

Joy.

I can't really decide if I like Halloween or not. I mean, I think it's a cute holiday for kids. But, like most things, it's lots its novelty for me as I have grown older. Sure, dressing up was fun, and trick-or-treating was fun, but I just don't like it like I used to. I would much rather just sit in my living room marathoning Harry Potter movies or watching the Nightmare Before Christmas.

But I feel like Halloween is a bigger deal than it should be. Like, how much do Americans spend on Halloween every year?

Answer: way, way more than we should.

An estimated $7.4 billion dollars will toward Halloween this year - and $350 million will be spent on pet costumes.

Pet costumes.

Who in their right mind buys a costume for their dog?!

Personally, I feel sorry for the pets. Human Halloween costumes are uncomfortable; I can only imagine what a pet costume feels like.

Then there is the issue with the candy.

Candy is a good chunk of the collective cost of Halloween. Americans will collectively spend $2 billion on candy this year.

What is wrong with the world?

And I don't even like Halloween that much! I never did! Admittedly, I'm older and therefore Halloween lost its spark for me but I have always thought it's a pretty pointless holiday. But that being said, I'm not like those extremist Christians out there who call it the very embodiment of evil and say that we should all be praying that Satan does not corrupt our souls and eat our babies.

Sorry no.

My siblings love Halloween. They love getting dressed up and going from house to house in the back of my dad's pickup truck. They especially like the fact that they get pounds and pounds of candy just by asking for it.

But is Halloween really even good?

I mean, $7.4 billion is greater than the GDP (Gross Domestic Product, pick up a dictionary if you are a doofus and don't know what that means) of Sweden. Last time I checked, Sweden is a pretty well-off country.

And a good percentage of that goes to pet costumes. Pet costumes that should be outlawed because in my humble opinion they are the worst form of animal abuse.

This is a pointless rant. I don't have moral. I just wanted to let you guys know my opinion of Halloween.

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~r.b.r.