>>16416273because if you don't participate in halloween there's zero social stigma. but if you do participate it's a fun care free holiday, where kids dress up and eat candy and adults dress up and get drunk. you enjoy the beginning of fall and carve pumpkins and drink cider and enjoy scary movies and the excitement of night. there's zero expectations for halloween, no gifts to exchange or family to visit and enjoy seeing or pretend to enjoy. It's a holiday in the purest sense, you enjoy it for its own sake, not because someone is going to give you something or because you need to make family happy.
