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Why in the Heck it is that Millennials seem to be freaking allergic to the concept of celebrating Halloween on the actual date of the holiday? [emoji38]

I got home from work and the gym last night around 12 am or so, and I decided to check Facebook before turning in. What did I see? I saw that literally just about every. last. person. I know has apparently already had their Halloween parties on Friday night, instead of waiting until Saturday. Last year, when Halloween actually fell on a Friday (IIRC, anyway), everyone had their parties the weekend before.

Seriously, what the Hell gives? I just don't get it. It'd be one thing if Halloween was going to fall on a weekday or something, but even when it falls on a "party day" like Friday or Saturday, people seem to avoid it on general principle.

Why? They don't do that with Christmas, Thanksgiving, the Fourth of July, or even St Patrick's Day. What's so special about Halloween? Is it to avoid the DUI checkpoints or something? It can't be to avoid the crowds, as most of these parties take place on private property, and well, well after all the kiddies would be at home asleep anyway.

As far as I can tell, all it really accomplishes is to make the holiday a pain in the ass to plan around, as you've got to try and guess when everyone else is going to want to celebrate it, because they're all partied out by the time the actual day gets here. lol
 
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Gathomas88 said:
Why in the Heck it is that Millennials seem to be freaking allergic to the concept of celebrating Halloween on the actual date of the holiday? :lol:

I got home from work and the gym last night around 12 am or so, and I decided to check Facebook before turning in. What did I see? I saw that literally just about every. last. person. I know has apparently already had their Halloween parties on Friday night, instead of waiting until Saturday. Last year, when Halloween actually fell on a Friday (IIRC, anyway), everyone had their parties the weekend before.

Seriously, what the Hell gives? I just don't get it. It'd be one thing if Halloween was going to fall on a weekday or something, but even when it falls on a "party day" like Friday or Saturday, people seem to avoid it on general principle.

Why? They don't do that with Christmas, Thanksgiving, the Fourth of July, or even St Patrick's Day. Is it to avoid the DUI checkpoints or something? It can't be to avoid the crowds, as most of these parties take place on private property, and well, well after all the kiddies would be at home asleep anyway.

As far as I can tell, all it really accomplishes is to make the holiday a pain in the ass to plan around, and you've got to try and guess when everyone else is going to want to celebrate it, because they're all partied out by the time the actual day gets here. lol
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I can't say much about millennials, but we baby boomers don't worry so much about the day as we do the timing.

It's important to start them early enough in the afternoon to be able to wrap things up by our 8:00 bed time.
 
Gathomas88 said:
Why in the Heck it is that Millennials seem to be freaking allergic to the concept of celebrating Halloween on the actual date of the holiday? [emoji38]

I got home from work and the gym last night around 12 am or so, and I decided to check Facebook before turning in. What did I see? I saw that literally just about every. last. person. I know has apparently already had their Halloween parties on Friday night, instead of waiting until Saturday. Last year, when Halloween actually fell on a Friday (IIRC, anyway), everyone had their parties the weekend before.

Seriously, what the Hell gives? I just don't get it. It'd be one thing if Halloween was going to fall on a weekday or something, but even when it falls on a "party day" like Friday or Saturday, people seem to avoid it on general principle.

Why? They don't do that with Christmas, Thanksgiving, the Fourth of July, or even St Patrick's Day. What's so special about Halloween? Is it to avoid the DUI checkpoints or something? It can't be to avoid the crowds, as most of these parties take place on private property, and well, well after all the kiddies would be at home asleep anyway.

As far as I can tell, all it really accomplishes is to make the holiday a pain in the ass to plan around, as you've got to try and guess when everyone else is going to want to celebrate it, because they're all partied out by the time the actual day gets here. lol
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Maybe they like spending Halloween proper with a hangover so they look as though they were wearing a mask and so don't need to wear one.
 
People have Christmas parties before Christmas. They even dress up and exchange gifts at them.
 
A lot of people have family plans on the actual day so they do their social parties on a different day so that it doesn't interfere.
 
Cephus said:
A lot of people have family plans on the actual day so they do their social parties on a different day so that it doesn't interfere.
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Nah. That's not really it. Most of the people doing this are either single, or without kids. They've also been doing it for years at this point.

It's like some weird sort of cultural shift in how the holiday is being celebrated.

Though... Come to think of it, I have seen young parents trying to trick-or-treat with their kids before Halloween as well in recent years. :screwy:
 
I think its even kookier that adults feel the need to have Halloween parties. I mean...more power to them. not a criticism...but...what happened to Halloween being a kids day to go out and score candy?
 
VanceMack said:
I think its even kookier that adults feel the need to have Halloween parties. I mean...more power to them. not a criticism...but...what happened to Halloween being a kids day to go out and score candy?
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Eh. I'm all for having an excuse to dress up and party.

It just seems like people are complicating things to Hell and back these days. Lol
 
Gathomas88 said:
Eh. I'm all for having an excuse to dress up and party.

It just seems like people are complicating things to Hell and back these days. Lol
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I guess the dress up and party thing was more a Gen X thing...and maybe that helps explain the millennial evolution.
 
Gathomas88 said:
Nah. That's not really it. Most of the people doing this are either single, or without kids. They've also been doing it for years at this point.

It's like some weird sort of cultural shift in how the holiday is being celebrated.

Though... Come to think of it, I have seen young parents trying to trick-or-treat with their kids before Halloween as well in recent years. :screwy:
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Every single person that I know that is doing that, that is the reason, so you can't say that's not why people are doing it because I know for a fact that it is. It probably isn't the only reason though.
 
impatient
want to get the most out of their costumes
just like an excuse to party; or
can't do saturday night because they are giving out candy to the kids

but why the hell does it matter
 
Gathomas88 said:
Why in the Heck it is that Millennials seem to be freaking allergic to the concept of celebrating Halloween on the actual date of the holiday? [emoji38]

I got home from work and the gym last night around 12 am or so, and I decided to check Facebook before turning in. What did I see? I saw that literally just about every. last. person. I know has apparently already had their Halloween parties on Friday night, instead of waiting until Saturday. Last year, when Halloween actually fell on a Friday (IIRC, anyway), everyone had their parties the weekend before.

Seriously, what the Hell gives? I just don't get it. It'd be one thing if Halloween was going to fall on a weekday or something, but even when it falls on a "party day" like Friday or Saturday, people seem to avoid it on general principle.

Why? They don't do that with Christmas, Thanksgiving, the Fourth of July, or even St Patrick's Day. What's so special about Halloween? Is it to avoid the DUI checkpoints or something? It can't be to avoid the crowds, as most of these parties take place on private property, and well, well after all the kiddies would be at home asleep anyway.

As far as I can tell, all it really accomplishes is to make the holiday a pain in the ass to plan around, as you've got to try and guess when everyone else is going to want to celebrate it, because they're all partied out by the time the actual day gets here. lol
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Depends on how many children the group has. Many parents want to party a different night so they can Halloween with their children. Also babysitters are hard to get on Halloween, at least teen ones are.
 
justabubba said:
impatient
want to get the most out of their costumes
just like an excuse to party; or
can't do saturday night because they are giving out candy to the kids

but why the hell does it matter
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Because some of us aren't really down with the idea of buying a costume a freaking month in advance, just so we can be ready to party at a moment's notice any time someone feels like it within some crazy two week pre-Halloween window. Avoiding that kind of thing is pretty much the whole reason holidays have set dates to begin with. Lol

People can do what they want, of course. It's just annoying that everyone's basically burned out already by the time the actual day gets here.

For that matter, no self-respecting adult party really gets going before 10 or 11 anyway, so candy's really not a valid excuse. All the children are long gone by then.
 
Summerwind said:
Depends on how many children the group has. Many parents want to party a different night so they can Halloween with their children. Also babysitters are hard to get on Halloween, at least teen ones are.
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True. But again, these are childless people in their twenties we're talking about here. Kids really aren't the reason for it.
 
VanceMack said:
I think its even kookier that adults feel the need to have Halloween parties. I mean...more power to them. not a criticism...but...what happened to Halloween being a kids day to go out and score candy?
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It's the costumes for adults. For US culture it's really the only costume holiday, it's fun. Costumes and partying, I don't anymore, but I remember enjoying them quite nicely back in the day. Usually 3 or 4 during the weekends before, after, or during.
 
Gathomas88 said:
Because some of us aren't really down with the idea of buying a costume a freaking month in advance, just so we can be ready to party at a moment's notice any time someone feels like it within some crazy two week pre-Halloween window. Avoiding that kind of thing is pretty much the whole reason holidays have set dates to begin with. Lol

People can do what they want, of course. It's just annoying that everyone's basically burned out already by the time the actual day gets here.

For that matter, no self-respecting adult party really gets going before 10 or 11 anyway, so candy's really not a valid excuse. All the children are long gone by then.
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then your complaint revolves around the belief your cohort are partied out by the time halloween arrives
maybe you need to find a different group of people who are more anal about the days they choose for partying
 
justabubba said:
then your complaint revolves around the belief your cohort are partied out by the time halloween arrives
maybe you need to find a different group of people who are more anal about the days they choose for partying
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No worries. I managed to work something out. :D
 
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