10/31/24-All Hollows Eve

I am not a holiday person.  And one holiday that I have never understood is Halloween.  Kids dress up and go door to door begging for sugar.  That's great for our childhood obesity problem.

And residents feel obligated to either sit out in front of their house handing out candy, or worse getting up every 5 minutes to answer the door.

Don't get me wrong, it's adorable when a 6 year-old comes to the door dressed as Ironman or a Princess.  I'm not totally heartless (despite what you might hear from my wife).  But watching a 17 year-old walk the streets after dark with a pillowcase ain't cute anymore.  It's borderline creepy.

So my normal Halloween routine is to turn out the lights and pretend I'm not home.

So what am I doing tonight?  I'm dressing up and passing out candy to kids.

Why would I do something as a 52 year old that I would have never done before?  I think when you realize your mortality and that there might not be many Halloweens left you want to see what people love about this holiday.  Basically experience everything you can when you still can.

With any luck there will be lots of cute kids and no weird teenagers.