What’s a cultural tradition from your country that you love?
Halloween is my favorite holiday. I even prefer Halloween over Christmas. Why is that? It can be fun, and there’s at times there’s true creativity by the celebrants, young and old. I’ve seen some truly impressive costumes and home decorations over the years, and many crap costumes. I like to dress up myself at times, even in my 50s. I tend to wear costumes with masks.
Right around Halloween time, horror movies of various quality are released, there’s at times Halloween themed TV show episodes. Who doesn’t love the Simpsons Treehouse of Horror episodes?
There’s the treats, of course. I tend to munch on chocolate snacks more often around Halloween season.
This past year, I “celebrated” Halloween by going out to bars and clubs in Porto Portugal, and I was disappointed. Most of the costumes were lame and low quality. I was seeing several Christian monk costumes, hardly any scary or “fun” costumes. Definitely nothing impressive.
Millions if not billions of dollars are spent annually in the US on Halloween decorations, costumes, media content, snacks, and while there’s plenty of scary costumes, some costumes display a good sense of humor.
I’m probably too old for Halloween celebrations now, but I’m probably one of those people who could carry the blue Halloween trick or treat bucket with me. To me, Halloween is one of the few annual events that’s fun and I’m more sociable. I have yet to go to a Comic-Con event, but I’m definitely the type of person those events are made for.
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