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What Do You Enjoy Most About Halloween?
This question was asked on Quora and my answer had me write my love letter for my favorite time of year.
So here’s my answer:
There are so many things I enjoy about Halloween for a lot of reasons.
First, the time of year is pretty great. Not too hot, not too cold, perfect temperature to not be uncomfortable in a costume. Plus, people seem more sociable at Halloween and not grumpy like around Christmas time.
Second, the flood of horror movies lets me watch old favorites and find some new ones. I love horror movies and if I did not have to keep up with my writing for the sport of mixed martial arts so much, I would probably do more horror movie reviews. Horror is actually what got me into blogging and the reason I started The Blogboard Jungle. I wanted to review horror movies, books and video games when I first got into writing but martial arts has also been a passion of mine. Probably as long as horror has although I couldn’t tell you which has been in my mind longer.
Lastly, the costumes. Some people are just so creative with their costumes. I haven’t dressed up in a while but I wear Halloween colors when I work in the office. I love seeing folks do their best to dress up, I wear more subtle things in my…
