I’ve prepared myself for the hate. For the backlash. I understand this is overly controversial… but Christmas is overrated. The true best time of the year lies between the dates of September 30th and November 1st. Halloween.
Don’t get me wrong. The winter months are great; if you love trudging through 3-foot high snow on your way to class. And Christmas is nice to gather families and exchange tidings of comfort and joy. But truly Halloween brings out the greatest aspects of our lives.
My top 5 reasons for believing that Halloween is the greatest time of year:
The seasons are a-changin!
Although death is upon us among the trees that surround us, the colors of the leaves seem to come alive. All warm shades of yellows and reds and oranges. There’s nothing better than sipping a steaming coffee as you crunch through the fallen leaves after finishing up your classes for a day. The weather is finally perfect for your oversized flannel and ripped jeans.
All things SPOOKY!
This is the only time of year in which it is acceptable to bring out your inner creep. The weirdest and darkest parts of your soul can be worn with pride; a deep shade of red lipstick, a hint of a smokey eye, and those ripped fishnets you’re always dying to wear with your black knee-high boots. Its normal for your inner Zoe Benson from American Horror Story can come out during this month, and everyone around you will help you to embrace it.
The season premieres.
Though not all of them scary, October is generally the month that all the best TV series release their season premieres. Supernatural, the Walking Dead, Riverdale, and black-ish, to name a few, grace our screens once again with brand new content. Lighting a fall candle while you indulge in your favorite shows with your coziest of pumpkin socks is a dream come true.
The festivities.
Carving pumpkins, marathoning the best childhood Halloween specials, and drinking hot cocoa after you’ve just finished brushing all the leaves out of your hair. The festivities are what make any celebration great, but Halloweens are next level. Sugar cookie decorating contest? Forget that! I’ll take Spookiest Costume and Most Creative Pumpkin Design contests over cookies any day.
The renewal of youth.
As a college student, its still somehow acceptable to get together with your closest friends, put on Halloweentown and carve some amateur pumpkins. Although trick-or-treating has been replaced with drunken dancing, your crew still finds the most stellar costumes to dress up in. There isn’t one bedroom that isn’t blasting the Spooky Scary Skeletons remix while girls prance around gulping mixed-drinks and setting bloody makeup to their faces.