Bela Legosi and Halloween are dead
Is Halloween dead?
Rev and I went off to look at a few houses in the Livonia area which have kick ass Halloween displays, and other than a few houses, it seems that Halloween is dead. I remember when the streets would be packed with Halloween decorations, and kids would all be excited throughout October for one night where they could go out, dressed in costumes, and retreive the spoils of candy whcih came from a good costume.
Lately, Halloween has been dead. Horrid, unimaginative costumes (most likely store bought) and kids who paint their faces white and say: "I'm a ghost!" or "I'm a white man!" (It has happened a number of times in my neighborhood.) I'm sick of it.
When will Halloween make its comeback?
When will Halloween be reborn in all of its delightful horror?
When?
I am doing research on the youth in school. I think I have figured out what the problem is: imagination. The youth of today is not encouraged to imagine things. They cannot envision books into mental movies. Games are highly graphic and do all of the work for the players. They don't have to think about anything. Abstract concepts are too much work for them.
Also, Livonia seems to have fewer youngsters. That could also be a factor in Halloween decorations.
I had a similiar theory about the whole imagination thing, quite recently. I figured, because today's kids don't ever have to leave their houses, that might have something to do with it.
Then I remembered that psychology, of any sort, is a fucking joke, and drank until I couldn't remember the glory days of Halloween.
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