My favorite holiday in high school was Halloween. It just marked the end of the awkwardness of a new semester’s schedule and you were settled in with your routine with your friends. Then, the fall decorations and pumpkins start to appear. You start to wonder what you would dress up as (or if you were too old for trick-or-treating).
Pumpkin flavored stuff started creeping in when Starbuck’s Pumpkin Spice Latte became THE drink to get when fall comes around. I think I even saw pumpkin spice cat litter and wondered if we had gone too far.
Now as a parent, I look forward to the spooky month because I get to make pumpkin cheesecake and then we get to do the whole cooking for family all through to December. The weather was cold enough to wear long pants and a light jacket. The coffee tasted better in the cold weather. There was lights and holiday stuff up everywhere.
Then, there’s the whole tradition of watch movies from Hocus Pocus and Coco in October, A Charlie Brown Thanksgivings and Harry Potter in November, and Home Alone, Die Hard, and Elf in December. It’s magical.
Also, I think Halloween is the gateway holiday into the other major holidays here.
