What started my love of Halloween

[Rising Dead Man]

I loved Halloween ever since I was little. I loved the warm feeling the Halloween lights gave me when I went trick or treating. I loved the smell of the flickering jack o lanterns and the rubber masks. I did not like trick or treating for the candy I loved it for the fun. I liked having the candy after Halloween though. I loved the warm feeling I had when we came home after trick or treating and we watched a little tv and ate some candy. I liked the scary Halloween and the cute Halloween I loved everything Halloween. Over the years my love for Halloween increased. Soon I did not like the cute freindly Halloween anymore I only liked the scary morbid and gory stuff. Soon I did not just like Halloween I liked anything scary and horror. I love this wonderful holiday all year to this day I love it better then any other time of the year. I am getting tired of it though but I just can not stop thinking about it. People must think i'm weird

[Haunt Master]

I love Halloween since I was kid, too! I love candies! I love punch drinks! I love JOLs! I love the smell of witch's brew! Even, I love my mummies!

[SpookShowBaby]

I can remember being excited to dress up as early as kindergarten, it wasn't even about the candy! For me it is also a love of the dark and creepy as well as the crisp air and the feeling you get around Halloween time.

[Andybev01]

I'd have to say Jack-O-Lanterns and ghosts.

I've always been intrigued by spirits.

[OctoberChill]

I honestly don't know where the Halloween obsession came from. It seems the older I got the more I got into it.

I was into it as a kid of course too though. There's nothing like carving that first pumpkin of the year. The smell of it is like a drug The costumes, the candy, the decor, everything about it just makes me happy.

A big part of it for me I think is that it signals the beginning of the colder temps and the holidays. From the beginning of October through New Years day is my favorite time of year. So when Halloween is on it's way I naturally get excited for the coming months as well.

[Andybev01]

I honestly don't know where the Halloween obsession came from. It seems the older I got the more I got into it.

I was into it as a kid of course too though. There's nothing like carving that first pumpkin of the year. The smell of it is like a drug The costumes, the candy, the decor, everything about it just makes me happy.

A big part of it for me I think is that it signals the beginning of the colder temps and the holidays. From the beginning of October through New Years day is my favorite time of year. So when Halloween is on it's way I naturally get excited for the coming months as well.

and then BAM, it's winter and the blah's set in.

I was one of the crazy kids who loved going to school, so Autumn also meant school was in!!!

[Rising Dead Man]

I used to think Halloween was just when the stores put out costumes and decorations. People bought them. Then on the 31st people when trick or treating and watched horror movies and told ghost stories and had haunted houses and parties and then it was all over and everyone forgot about it the rest of the year. That is what Halloween is. But I thought that was only what it was. But when I started looking it up on the internet I found out that there is much more to it than I thought. There are a lot of websites and online stores that sell Halloween and horror stuff al year. There are people who love Halloween all year and there are Halloween and horror forums. And there is all kinds of Halloween stuff out there that I bet a lot of people don't know about! I am still getting used to the fact that Halloween is so huge. I thought it was just a holiday but it is so much more then that.

[Andybev01]

From what I understand it's not such a big deal in Europe, mainly North America.

[Ghost]

I personally think that's great. I wish I had an experiance like that that gave me the love for Halloween. For me it runs in the Family. My father got hooked on it and passed it on to me. I'm glad your happiness was given to you through wonderful experiances throughout the years.

[Andybev01]

I personally think that's great. I wish I had an experiance like that that gave me the love for Halloween. For me it runs in the Family. My father got hooked on it and passed it on to me. I'm glad your happiness was given to you through wonderful experiances throughout the years.

I think you probably did, only one small experience at a time instead of all at once.

One of my best memories about growing up was in the Fall our mother would get out a big box of craft supplies and all of us kids (and mom) would spend a Saturday making Halloween cut-outs for the windows and other spooky decorations. I wish I had some of those now.

*sigh*

[jadewik]

My love of Halloween spawned from my love of the macabre and carving pumpkins. I've always enjoyed stories of werewolves and vampires (zombies?... not so much). I didn't really get into the holiday 'till I started making my own pumpkin carving patterns. It grew into a yearly tradition to make a new one every year. Then, when I got to college and lived in the dorms, I couldn't go trick-or-treating, so I did reverse trick-or-treating instead. Now, Halloween has evolved into a year-round excitement as I plan for the next year's big adventure!

So, it wasn't this one defining moment where I was inspired to love the holiday; it was something that developed over time.

... and to think, my dad HATES Halloween!

[Andybev01]

Is "reverse-trick-or-treating" when you take candy away from little kids?

[Endora]

Reverse trick or treating - as a parent it was my duty to help eat the candy, you know, protect my children's teeth, and all

[jadewik]

Is "reverse-trick-or-treating" when you take candy away from little kids?

That's a variation, but not the way I do it. =P
I would go door-to-door giving candy away.

[Rising Dead Man]

Why did you do that?