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[quote=Anonymous]Love fall, hate Halloween.

Fall is especially great in DC because it finally turns cooler and the mosquitos die. Fall is my favorite time of year to be outside in this area because it's not intolerably hot or humid but still nice enough to go hiking, eat a meal on a patio, take a bike ride, etc. The spring is so windy and rainy that you rarely get as much opportunity to be outside. Throw in good color on the trees and I'm super happy. I look forward to "sweater season" every year.

Halloween sucks. I think if some people didn't 
make SUCH a big deal out of it, I wouldn't mind it so much. But people really go overboard with costumes, planning them months in advance, hassling you about your costume, planning 47 different events for both kids and adults the week of Halloween, decorating in September, etc. I know this is how people feel about Christmas, which I also get, but because there is no imperative to participate in Christmas it doesn't bother me (I don't get a bunch of people asking me weeks before Christmas what I intend to wear, and Christmas doesn't require neighborhood participation, people just celebrate in their own homes with their families).

Halloween when I was a kid was just a few days of prep and then the night of. Costumes were usually not that involved. Now it's such a big drama. I do it for my kid but as soon as she's old enough to just do it on her own, I'm out. I'll hand out candy wearing some cat ears and that's it. [/quote]

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