Why Halloween is the best holiday..

As I stated in an earlier post, Halloween is with out a doubt my favorite holiday of all.

1) You don't have to travel all over creation to go visit relatives that half the time you don't remember or don't really want to see.

2) You don't have a ton of credit card bills to pay off when it's over.

3) You don't spend most of your waking hours agonizing over what present to get for who.

4) It's not really a "drinking" holiday so all the nuts aren't out racing around the streets and highways trying to stay in their lane.

5) It doesn't involve spending half your day cooking enough to feed a small army.

It's just a time for good clean fear and terror! Whether it's seeing the latest slasher / gore fest that's being released, or heading out with your friends to find the best haunted hay ride, or haunted house, or haunted igloo, or whatever haunted place you have around. Or scaring the life out of the neighborhood kids who come to your door looking for candy.

It doesn't matter how you celebrate Halloween. As long as you either get scared silly or get to scare the bejesus out of your neighborhood kids or your friends. Or both, it's all about having a good time being terrified out of your wits!

My oldest daughter was born on Halloween day back in 1992 and I believe she has become as much as a Halloweenie as I am. She isn't much into the whole being scared out of her wits like I am, but she loves to help scare the neighborhood kids who come around on Halloween. Especially the older teenagers who are running around the neighborhood trying to scare the younger trick or treaters that are out and about.

Hopefully we'll have some good weather this year, as it seems like lately it's been a bit on the cold side up here in Western PA during the end of October. I guess as long as it doesn't snow like it did that one year I shouldn't complain. 8 )