At 10/2/14 08:50 PM, stafffighter wrote:
I wish for there to be three Halloweens spread out through the year widely enough that we can get excited for the build up and celebration of each with time to cool down between.
Granted, but the additional two Halloweens are always publically disenfranchised from the main, "REAL" Halloween. Where the original was fall themed, they just lifted all of the tropes and made one Summer themed and Winter themed. People are on the come-down from Christmas, and suddenly they're all bothered with "Oh, so now I gotta do Cold Halloween? Really? Give me a fucking break, I dropped so much money for Real Halloween and Christmas that I can't even be assed to do this shit"
Costume manufacturers, maliciously, don't even bother to design cold-proof costumes for several years...so people have to make due with wearing costumes over big bulky jackets and sweaters, so everyone just looks like husky versions of whatever they're dressed as....if they're not miserable as fuck and freezing their asses off, getting sick. Turnout is weak, and it pretty much turns into people dressing up as Christmas characters, mascots, and pop culture icons that wore coats and gloves.
Summer Halloween is even worse...even during night-fall the heat is so unbearable inside rubber masks and elaborate costumes that heat strokes climb sporadically. All of the chocolate candies are a melted mess, nobody thinks its funny that Jack-O-Lanterns are supposed to be carved into watermelons, and costumed swim parties are consistently disastrous. The nation quietly forgets about the Xtraweens within a few years after expirementing around and trying different things...in the end, it just kinda sucked out everything that was special about the original Halloween.
I wish that capes were fashionable accessories that were popular and encouraged to be worn by all sexes.