Although I'm not a religious person I must admit I take full advantage of Christmas and to a lesser extent Easter. At Christmas I, like nearly everyone else, like to indulge in as much food and drink as it is physically possible and generally enjoy the spirit of it all. Okay so the build up to it starts well too early and way too much money is wasted on pointless presents that no-one really wants, but in general it's a good laugh and there's loads of football on and that's the whole point isn't it? Okay I know it's not meant to be, but really, it is.
Easter, although less celebrated, is again very much welcomed and is like a mini Christmas. You don't get quite so much time off, you don't stuff your face to the same extremities and you don't get as pissed, but it's welcome all the same.
Halloween however (and I know it's nothing to do with Jesus in any way, is it?) is something I find hard to abide and it's something that seems to infuriate me increasingly more every year. In my opinion Halloween is great for kids to dress up as a witch or vampire or whatever and have some fun, eat some sweets, bob some apples etc, that's fine.
Traditionally bonfire night is a bigger event in this country, but of late Halloween has overtaken it as our biggest autumn event, but in reality it's just another way for shops to make a quick buck. I actually much prefer bonfire night and would much rather go out wrapped up warm, have a few drinks and chuck a few chavs on the bonfire.
Dressing up for it annoys me too, house parties are probably alright (although I've never actually been to a fancy dress house party), but I hate going to town in fancy dress. I haven't participated in that for a few years and I don't intend to do it again, but I used to do it every year and I never felt comfortable doing it, I always felt like a right knob, although seeing Superman and Jack Sparrow getting booted out of a nightclub is something I will never forget (by the way, what has Superman, or indeed Jack Sparrow got to do with Halloween anyway?).
As a young child I, like most other young children, went trick or treating. When I got too old for dressing up and walking the streets begging for sweets, unlike most other kids I never went 'egging'. Why? Because my parents didn't let me, that's why. Now I understand that most children who went 'egging' probably didn't tell their parents what they were doing, but unfortunately as a child I had a conscience and if I did something wrong I always felt the need to blurt it out, which would result in me getting a bollocking But I'm glad that I never went 'egging', because looking back at it, it's not nice is it? And what's the point of it anyway?
So yeah, all that aggravates me hugely, but what really really winds me up more than anything about Halloween (and only those who have worked in a large office can probably relate to this) is decorating the place with fake spider webs, plastic spider, signs saying 'Happy Halloween', plastic skulls and THE very worst (and only a recent addition) is tinsel. Yes tinsel - orange and black tinsel. Seriously, stop and take a look at what you are doing, the place looks ridiculous, it's a total mess. Oh and it's a fire hazard too.
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