Halloween is EEEEEEEEEEEEVIL!

Ah Halloween! Such a lovely holiday celebrating all things evil and scary! Seriously, why are we celebrating this again? It went from the eve to a Christian feast (to my knowledge) to a celebration involving the flipping Devil! I don't get it! Why does Halloween have to be so scary? And could it be that what you're celebrating is actually dodgy? Well I'm here to tell you why I don't like the current form of All Hallows Eve.

Firstly, the monsters. Why would you allow kids to dress up as terrifying contraptions such as Dracula and Zombies? That's going to scare the living daylights out of people! It's actually kind of unpleasant to look at, seeing children dressed as their nightmares! Also, as a Christian, I'm kind of uncomfortable with the fact that Witches and the DEVIL are available costumes! I mean people flipped out when Asda and Tesco were selling mental patient Halloween costumes so why aren't they freaking out at costumes that seem to promote Witchcraft and Satanism! I mean at least Dracula and Frankenstein's monster were fictional characters but Witches and Satan as costumes is messed up!

Secondly, the very idea of Trick or Treating is just dumb. So you mean to tell me that, even though it is discouraged 364 other days of the year, kids can go up to strangers houses and ask for sweets. Does that not sound wrong to you? Not to mention, not all of them are with adults so essentially, they're walking in the dark, unprotected and visiting strangers! To the parents of those children: ARE YOU INSANE??? If you have to let your kids go Trick or Treating then at least go with them! I'd be worried sick if I was their parent. Not to mention, the people giving away the sweets may be terrified of the costumes as some of them can be based off horror movies that even I (at the age of 17) aren't allowed to watch. For example, I remember one year, one kid dressed up as the killer from Scream!

Building on that, the phrase 'Trick or Treat' is essentially blackmail. It means "Give us your sweets or we'll play a trick on you!" That's a bit mean. Heck in context Trick or Treating doesn't make sense. Its origins suggested that 'Trick-or-Treaters' asked for food in exchange for poems and the reason why they dressed up as nasty things was because they were impersonating them to scare them off. Ok firstly, where does the trick come from? Secondly, the idea of dressing up came from an outdated superstition and I thought a science based society has grown beyond that and lastly, if people dress up to protect themselves from whoever they dress up as THEN WHY THE FLYING DALEK DO THEY DRESS UP AS FICTIONAL CHARACTERS?!!

Yeesh the traditions of this holiday do not make much sense! Another odd thing is, people use that time to gain sweets and dress up... can't you do that at any other point in the year? There's thousands of conventions that encourage cosplay and even more sweet shops! There's nothing stopping you from doing it all year round! Same with watching horror films! I wouldn't recommend it unless you like scary and messed up things but won't it have the same effect all year round (provided you watch them at dark)? And don't say "You'll have the full effect at the scariest day of the year" because you just trained yourself to be scared on Halloween!

In breaking down this holiday, it's nasty, it's dodgy and it makes little sense. So why do we celebrate it? Well my guess is that human beings like being scared so they celebrate that love for fear with the All Hallows Eve origins as an excuse. Would I ever celebrate it? Maybe but I would take out all things scary and prove that Halloween can be nice. After all, its origins came from the eve of All Saints Day which is a celebration of all things good rather than all things evil. Happy All Hallows Eve everyone!

And that concludes this thought from an autistic mind. What do you think about this? Do you have any questions? Let me know in the comments below, be sure to like my Facebook page 'Joel Mole' for more blogs and share this around to spread the word. Thank you for reading this and until the next time: fare thee well!