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Halloween.
Without a doubt, my favorite “American” holiday. Thanksgiving is nice. I like giving thanks. Halloween, however, is purely about fun and dressing up. You can be someone—or better yet something— else for the evening, no questions asked. In retrospect, I am realizing that it was one of the few holidays that my family always celebrated…even once my parents split. We’d get dressed up, my mom would watch Halloween programs on TV and answer the door, delighting in getting to see all the neighborhood kids’ costumes, and my dad and I would venture out into the spooky unknown for sweets.
Right after my dad moved out in October of my freshman year in high school, we (mom, dad, jessica and I) ate Thanksgiving dinner together. It was excruciating. Halloween, a few weeks earlier, however, was still a blast, despite the shit show. My dad had always escorted me while trick-or-treating, and that was one of the few things that didn’t change.
Anyway…I’m glad it’s nearly Halloween. Only good memories.
This is one of them.
this isn't it.
