Do Something Different!

I feel like every holiday has its traditions; Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter, Halloween, etc. Each year may differ a little but it is basically the same thing. Don’t get me wrong, all Holidays need to be traditional and have their own traditions, but some can change right?

                I guess it probably depends on the holiday. Religious holidays are the most traditional I think. Take Christmas for example, every year my family reads The Night before Christmas on Christmas Eve and then attends church and opens presents on Christmas Day.  Other religious holidays like Hanukah and Kwanza are probably even more routine. I think that national holidays like Thanksgiving and Halloween should be a little less routine than they sometimes are. Thanksgiving has one big event that everyone should do, Thanksgiving Dinner. But should everything else going on around Thanksgiving be the same? I don’t know about you but I go through the same thing year after year. Halloween I feel like is the same thing over and over for every age group.

                When you are little, you go trick-or-treating, and when you grow up you still may have the urge to do so but the candy-givers are a little less than pleased when you show up at their door in your teens. If you decide not to be any kind of festive and stay home I guess you can do whatever you please with your time. Others that are older and not with children may go to parties, usually costume required. These may be fun but in my experience they all have pretty much the same schedule.

                You may argue that you can go to haunted houses or other “haunts” but again, there is only so much you can do with a haunted house. I think people should just do their own thing and be a little spontaneous, especially on Halloween. If they cannot think of their own things to do, they could even combine holidays. For instance, instead of trick-or-treating, organize a group of carolers and sing ghostly songs at people’s doorways. Or, host a Thanksgiving dinner with a twist. If they feel really creative decorate a palm tree as a Halloween creature, or give out May baskets and see what happens.

                See what I mean? Holidays could be so much more entertaining if people did not stick to their typical traditions and were a little spontaneous.