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Has Trick-or-Treating died in your area, and what is to blame? (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by psion1369@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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The past couple of years, the amount of kids out on Halloween has dwindled down in my neighborhood. This year, my wife and I were at her cousin's house and we saw maybe a couple of kids walking around. My wife blames people going to Trunk or Treat things. We both work in retail, so we see more of the public, and nobody was in costume. What was everybody's experience with Halloween this year?

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[-] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

All [Hallow's] Eve is a Christian holiday, and that it isn't comparable to Halloween in any way

Guess what, they're the same holiday. We have our tradition already, of celebrating it in the way we have for a long time, by honoring the dead and our loved ones. But now gluttony, consumerism, and capitalism is creeping in from some other culture, bastardizing that beautiful celebration of family, love, and respect, and I'm not here for it. I find it appalling, quite frankly.

Like I said, not every holiday needs to be fun-fun happy time, with candy and presents and shit. We have so many of those all year already. It's healthy for kids to learn about emotion, about loss, about love, about real shit!

Anyway, that's my take, my opinion, and it won't be changed in this thread, so if we disagree, we disagree, and I respect that you are fond of what you are fond of because of what you grew up with or whatever.🤝

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