It’s really never a bad time to have fun and do what makes you happy, which means you can start celebrating holidays whenever you want. If you want to carve out jack o’lanterns in mid-September, then you can absolutely do that. If stores are putting out decorations, and you want to buy every single bat, ghost and spider around, then spend to your heart’s content. I bought Halloween socks from T.J. Maxx a few weeks ago, and my feet are happy everyday I wear them.
Halloween season is really the time of year to indulge your inner child. While it might not be practical, letting yourself buy some toys while snacking on sugar is just plain fun. It’s the season to literally smack a hat over your insecurities and forget all responsibility. Embracing the whimsical makes each day go by a little faster and softens the blow of any heavy-hitting life situations. Life itself is stressful, and Halloween can be seen as a time to destress. No wonder people want to participate in it as long as possible.
And hey, if you want to leave those decorations up until December, then that makes absolute sense. You’re getting your money’s worth and having really sophisticated home decor while doing so. The entire season of fall might as well be Halloween. With all the movies to watch and rewatch, the spooky confections to bake and quality time to be had, you need as much time as you can muster. Plus, have you really celebrated Halloween if you haven’t put together more than one costume? Why just be a witch on Oct. 31 when you could also be Pennywise the Dancing Clown or a fairy on other days?
When we place all these arbitrary restrictions on festivities, we really drain the fun out of them. When people go out of their way to criticize how other people choose to live their lives, those people gain nothing except the title of “buzzkill.” Some people say if you start celebrating too early, you’ll get bored of the holiday at hand, but that’s not really true. Just because you’ve been seeing ghosts for a month doesn’t mean you won’t look forward to dressing up on Halloween and getting out of being yourself. After all, holidays all boil down to being present in the world you live in, and however you chose to do that is completely up to you.
