2008 Woodie Awards
EDITORIAL: Come on, you're never too old for Halloween
Editorial staff
Issue date: 10/30/06 Section: Opinion
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There are so many things to be done on Halloween in the Silicon Valley. The variety of choices spreads from going to the Winchester Mystery House, to themed nightclub celebrations, to dressing up and trick-or-treating.
Halloween is the tip of the holiday iceberg. Every other celebratory family get-together is festooned with food, mistletoe and the occasional lethargy. Halloween stands out as the single youthful hurrah before families start driving each other crazy. Of course its also the season when college students declare that they are too old for childhood delights.
Merry frolicking through their neighborhoods in a plight for free candy is viewed with scorn. But lets not forget: its free candy. All the delicious innocence of childhood is preserved in a neatly wrapped chocolate-caramel-nutty delight. Considering how students are so well known for trying to be something theyre not, its ironic they wouldnt want to go out and celebrate a day dedicated to the very thing.
Theres nothing shameful about wanting to celebrate memories of ones own youth. This Halloween, dress up in a costume reminiscent of a childhood favorite and take a trip down memory lane with your friends. Theres nothing to lose but years of pent up adult angst.
Trick-or-treating is the time machine that travels to the sugar highs and ghost stories of the past. Go enjoy them while you can. Travel back and dress up like a Ninja Turtle, maraud through the streets of Cupertino and threaten innocent civilian underwear with fi re if they deny you the candy that is rightfully yours.
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