• brygphilomena@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    For me, it’s an expression of a particular set of my creativity. The decorations, the show element of it, engaging in various fantasy worlds and dressing up.

    It’s just fun, and freedom to have fun doing whatever you like!

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    14 hours ago

    It’s just fun.

    I went to my dentist appointment in a Jack Sparrow costume today. The dentist was dressed as a tooth and his staff were tooth ferries.

    It’s just dumb, wonderful fun.

    • DandomRude@lemmy.worldOP
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      That sounds fun, I imagine it like this:

      Dentist in tooth disguise and surrounded by tooth fairies: Please open your mouth.

      Patient Jack Sparrow: Arr!

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    10 hours ago

    Letting kids (and kids at heart) go wild with their imagination and dress up.

    Meeting/seeing neighbors.

    Eating candy.

    I feel really sad for all the folks on lemmy having a bad/frustrating Halloween. I think it doesn’t have to be that way, but it does definitely take neighborhood-level effort. We’re really lucky to live in a big Halloween neighborhood in a walkable area. We saw all our favorite neighbors and met some new ones, and enjoyed all the creative decorations and costumes we saw while we were out.

    But the best part of the night is always getting to see people light up when you recognize their costume. Every time I see a kid dressed as Batman and go “whoa there’s Batman!” or compliment a princess on their beautiful dress, you can just see them stand up straighter or strike a pose and it’s awesome to see everyone dressing up and enjoying themselves. I probably saw a dozen Marios tonight from age 2 to age 20 and every single one of them was over the moon when I complimented their costume.

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      13 hours ago

      I realize that Halloween is a commercial event, but I think there are other outlets for criticism of capitalism. Things where you can make a difference and at the same time let the children have fun. I don’t think you can change much if you dwell on trivialities that bring people together despite all the commerce. That doesn’t seem to me to be the right approach.

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        12 hours ago

        I don’t mind participating for the sake of making a child happy, yes, or to support a local business.