Hesitant on Halloween
Every year, on October 31st, children go out into the night to go trick or treating. They bring their friends and wear costumes of unicorns, witches, and sometimes even scarier things like bloody clowns. But the thing is, people are getting older, and as middle schoolers, we are no longer little children as we used to be. So what does our middle school community say about the childhood tradition of dressing up for Halloween?
I asked my friend, Cameron, what he thought about dressing up for Halloween. He said that most of his friends would be dressing up, but he would not because he thought he was too old to go trick-or-treating. However, both he and his family still participate in Halloween traditions such as decorating and carving pumpkins.
Through Google Forms, I asked the school what they thought about the topic. 15.3% said that they were in fact not dressing up for Halloween, 29.7% said that they weren’t sure, and 55.1% actually said that they were going too! But, the fact still remains that 15.3% of middle schoolers aren’t up for tricks or treats.
Over the past few years, I’ve seen many of my friends dress up, but instead of dressing up as unicorns or fairies, they now dress up as famous killers from horror movies, zombies and other scary things. This makes sense because kids tend to be more adventurous as they get older, reading scarier books, and going through haunted houses that they would never dream of even walking up to when they were younger.
Teenagers also often think more about what other people think of them. In the morning, they often become more concerned about what they look like, what they’re doing wrong, how people will judge them, and how they can blend into the crowd. This could be a reason for some people choosing not to dress up for Halloween.
I will be dressing up for Halloween, as I believe that it is a wonderful holiday that deserves to be celebrated (by those who choose to celebrate it) in a way that is joyful and fun. Throughout the years I realized that I have grown out of past interests, becoming more intrigued by different topics. I’ll be wearing a costume of Pennywise from IT this year! The difference is strong between a Hermione Granger costume and a Pennywise one!
So what do you think? Will you dress up this year?
LalaMilkyShow ¦ Nov 1, 2022 at 9:58 am
I did go trick-or-treating this Halloween, and I would not define it as “childish”, because “childish” is a stereotype (anyone can trick-or-treat if they want to, and that’s that!). On a side note, I went as an anime character yesterday, both at school and at night, and NOT A SINGLE PERSON KNEW WHO I WAS. I WAS FREAKING DEPRESSED.
Madilynn Preuss ¦ Nov 8, 2022 at 10:07 am
oh sorry! who were you?
Kai ¦ Nov 29, 2022 at 8:22 pm
I wouldn’t she’ll go on a rant
Isabela RP ¦ Dec 6, 2022 at 8:45 am
I certainly agree, and stereotypes are terrible things but unfortunately the majority of the community of teenagers and pre-teens see the world in one way, so that is why some people think that trick-or-treating is “childish. In my article(I am sorry if I was unclear), I am not stating that it is childish, just that it is a reason that some people might not want to go trick-or-treating. Because they are scared that other people will judge them for something that is stereotyped as “childish”.
Lana ¦ Oct 28, 2022 at 12:21 pm
I think that you can never be too old for anything, but this may be because I still act more childish then most people (I get scared too much, I sleep with stuffies (debatable on this being defined as childish) and I still call my parents mommy and daddy) but I understand the pursuit of maturity.