Halloween. It’s the holiday every kid is waiting for, desperate just to get a taste of that variety of candy they will “trick-or-treat” for. 

    Kids are basically given a trigger phrase and they can receive free candy as they please. Despite the fact that they don’t know any better, this teaches and implants the idea that you can keep taking and never give back. At the moment it seems as if Halloween is all about the receiving of candy in which the idea has a negative tag to it. This immediate lesson displayed to kids is not an ideal one but they will figure out how it finds equity later in life.

    My view on this idea is although this holiday has developed recent generations into candy thirsty kids, this idea will eventually be reversed. As the child grows older they will lose the privilege to participate in the trick-or-treating aspect of the holiday. When the child becomes old enough to have their own place, they won’t want to participate with the children to perform the same trick-or-treating activity they themselves did. This means it will now be flipped, so instead of receiving the treat, they will now have to give candy to the children. This allows the giving and receiving to find some sort of balance throughout that person’s life for this sweet day filled with candy.

    I think Halloween has developed to be all about giving and receiving. I strongly believe that this time of year should not be about materialistic things such as candy. Family time and loving should be expressed as it was originally created to be when it came to America. Social gatherings, singing, dancing and interacting should be expressed during any Holiday as it brings us together with something we all have in common, like the urge for candy will do for future generations to come.