Increasingly, the Oct. 31 holiday has been a celebration for grown-ups. But is it losing what makes it special in the process?
Like a lot of kids, I loved everything about Halloween — so much so that I used to travel to a faraway friend’s Halloween-obsessed neighborhood so I could celebrate the holiday in the best way possible. I left with practically enough candy to last me until the following Oct. 31.
Then again, there’s nothing really surprising here. In recent years, Halloween has morphed more into a day for grown-up fun. Look around and you’ll find everything from wineries hosting Halloween events — as in you trick-or-treat your way into receiving glass after glass — to fast-food chains hawking Halloween meal buckets. And let’s not forget all those costume contests at the office.
Various reasons are offered from those in the know about how and why this shift in the holiday has happened. Begin with the fact that Halloween’s roots were far more meaningful — the event reportedly started as a pagan religious celebration when Celtic people in Europe welcomed the harvest at the end of summer. It has gone through various changes over time. The latest incarnation may be the most unseemly.
Clinical psychologist Dr. Kelsey Latimer adds to that, saying that Gen Zers and millennials “focus on working to live, not living to work.” Meaning they are “more likely to want to engage in parties and social events.” Halloween is a perfect platform in that regard.Whatever the reason, it’s clear that once retailers and others in a position to gain financially sensed the shift, they jumped on the grown-up Halloween bandwagon.
With Halloween, one might say there’s no such thing as going too far. The holiday is about taking things to the extreme, after all, so why not let the grown-ups join in the spook-filled merriment? Especially at a moment when we all could use some diversion, some say.
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