The Charlie Brown Halloween Special was exactly how Halloween was for me and my brother and my friends in our neighborhood growing up. So I’ve spent the rest of my years trying to re-live that feeling. Now that I’m an adult, I want to give my little nephew that same type of wonderful experience. So far, he thinks Halloween is the best holiday of all, even better than Christmas.
I’m not thrilled with the ascent of the slutty adult costumes and having Halloween kind of confiscated by adults and turning it into yet another reason to drink, but the kid stuff, the carnivals and parties and trick or treating and the candy and the costumes and the ability to spend a night feeling “scared” without being in danger is priceless.