Given the number of posts I’ve seen knocking around about Halloween make up, Halloween cupcakes, Halloween films and Halloween dog outfits, I’m sure this post will not be popular with a lot of people! However, I thought I’d stand up and say it out loud. I hate Halloween. Like, I really, really, really don’t like it. I’ll have to check with my Mum, but I honestly don’t think I’ve ever liked it. WHYYYYYY?! I hear you cry. Well let me tell you.
Scary films? Nope.
I’ve never liked scary films – seeing other people scared makes me scared – I will happily admit I’m a big fat wuss! I watched Scream when I was a teenager hidden behind a cushion. I can’t watch Final Destination because I genuinely think that Death is out to get me everywhere I turn. When I was growing up, we kept our rabbits in cages outside and every night I’d have to go out to put them to bed and feed them. If it was dark, I would run outside with my torch, shine it in the corner of the gardens to check there were no beasties and run back in the house, convinced that a wolf was chasing me. Call it an overactive imagination, but I’d rather feel happy and safe than scared out of my wits.
Trick or treating? Not for me!
OK so this might be a little bit controversial but I’ve never liked the thought of going door to door asking people for sweets. I don’t understand where the tradition came from and isn’t it just a bit too much like begging? I don’t have kids myself but even when I was a kid I don’t recall ever going trick or treating. In fact I specifically remember my brother getting those little snap things from the joke shop that made a loud bang and throwing them at people as they walked out of the garden!
When I was a student a Mum brought her tiny young daughter around to our house the DAY BEFORE Halloween (presumably that was the trick rather than the treat?!) and I didn’t have any sweets in the house. If she’d wanted a shot of vodka or some super noodles then yeah, great, but sweets or chocolate? Not a chance. I scrabbled around in my room for an awkwardly long amount of time before grabbing a handful of pennies and shoving them in her box. I shudder at the thought of it.
Halloween costumes? Give me a break.
Sexy cat anyone? Sexy cave woman? Sexy Gandalf?! Search Google images for women’s Halloween costume and the first page is likely to bring up a lot of these suggestions. But hey, guess what, not all female costumes have to have the word sexy in the title to appeal to us. Remember Cady dressing as the corpse bride in Mean Girls? Yeah, well that’s how you feel if you turn up at a Halloween party in anything other than skin tight leggings or a mini skirt and fishnets. I do believe it is getting better and the pressure on women to dress up for others is lessening, but for me the Mean Girls joke still rings all too true.
So that’s me, I’m a Halloween Scrooge. Come 31st October you will find me hidden in my bedroom with a bottle of wine watching Netflix with the lights off. And that’s not because I’m watching a horror film, it’s because I’m avoiding anyone knocking on my door. Unfortunately this year I’ll be in America for Halloween so I’m going to experience it at a whole other level. Let’s just hope there are no trick or treaters in hotels, right?
What do you think? Does anyone else out there hate Halloween as much as me?
♥ JH
I don’t dislike Halloween but I definitely don’t think I enjoy it as much as others! There are some really cool makeup looks and FX makeup people do that I love looking at though xx
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You’re right, some of the make up is super impressive! I was in Sephora on Halloween and they were busy painting people’s faces. Very impressive 🙂
Thanks for commenting!
? JH
I’m exactly the same! I just can’t stand anything about Halloween – you’ll find me watching the Strictly and Xfactor Halloween specials with a domino’s pizza instead haha!
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That sounds like a great night in to me! Just ignoring the doorbell 🙂
? JH
I never got trick or treating either, like you said it is basically begging. I never went trick or treating and when I have kids I don’t think I’ll ever take them to do it. Although I do love doing makeup for Halloween, I think it’s because I love getting creative with makeup!
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Yeah some of the make up tutorials I’ve seen are amazing! I don’t think I’d be able to do them myself ?
I soooo agree! But them I’m the Mum, so I guess I would, wouldn’t i? No, I didn’t let you go trick or treating when you were little, though we did make pumpkin lanterns to enjoy at home. Yes, I do think it’s the same as begging, and done by people who don’t need the help. For me, the best thing about this time of year is the real meaning of Hallowe’en – the Eve of All Hallows. Hallows is an old word for saint, and on November 1st we celebrate All Saints – all the people who have inspired us and who have died already. So the day after that is All Souls, when we light a candle for all the people we have loved and lost in our own lives. I’ve been inviting people all week to come to our lovely and peaceful service this Sunday, to light a candle, say a prayer, and remember those they have lost. And take comfort in knowing that we don’t grieve alone, that there are others who understand, even if we can’t face speaking about our grief, the burdens can be shared.
That’s what this time of year is really about for me – what a pity it’s become just another reason for a merchandising extravaganza.
Love you Jen xxx