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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am not a fan of Halloween in general, but I don't understand this logic.

Would you apply the same to Christmas?  Christmas morning and presents is already THE THING.  No need for caroling or holiday parties or gift exchanges or pictures with santa or anything else.  The morning of 12/25 is already THE THING.

Just participate in what makes you happy OP and skip the rest.[/quote]

OP here. That…is how I feel about Christmas.

I…do participate in just what makes us happy and skip the rest. But even when we proactively put up a sign that “We’ve Been Booed,” literal baskets of plastic landfill items somehow end up on our front porch. We put them back on the porch of the person we suspected. Once a friend texted why and I said, “Oh, you must not have seen our sign—we were Booed already, so I wanted you to have the chance to Boo someone who didn’t get Booed!” Like no thank you to a bin of crap.[/quote]

OP, I think your post could have been more clear if this is your concern.  It reads as being mostly about you opposing the festivities themselves, not the landfill issues.

So if all of those events happened- leaving baskets, "Trunk or treats", etc. but the items used were useful or otherwise not headed to a landfill, you'd be good?[/quote]

I guess you have reading comprehension issues?

“Halloween night is already The Thing: an evening of dressing up, getting candy, seeing friends and neighbors, having fun. That’s it, that’s the thing. Maybe also a school party or school parade—great, fine.”

That is literally how much post started: that there is already an entire evening dedicated to festivities, and that is great and fine. What I have an issue with (again you can re-read the original post) is all the unnecessary add-ons. The festivity of actual Halloween itself is more than enough, and the night itself is great![/quote]

I guess I do have reading comprehension issues.  I still read you as saying two things:  1) the night of trick or treating is all that people should do to celebrate Halloween, no other events except maybe one school thing.  and/or 2) people should not give unnecessary junk at other events.

Is it one or both?[/quote]

If you don’t do #2, you’re automatically in step with #1. See how that works? [/quote]

I still do not understand you.  Maybe my question is not clear:  Is your objection to many different events/activities to celebrate Halloween or is it to the exchange of certain things at those events/activities?  Or is it both?

It is very possible to enjoy participating in multiple different activities to celebrate the occasion without condoning adding to landfill.
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