So, online petitions are obviously bullshit. They mean nothing, and go nowhere. But there's one going around today that actually proposes a pretty good idea.
Let's Move Halloween
It's wierd, because the motives of this idea are pretty hollowly capitalist - it's by an agency that represents costume companies, and a Saturday Halloween means more costume sales. It also pushes the false narrative that Halloween is inherently unsafe, and that's also pretty shitty.
Yet I cannot think of a single reason not to adopt this change permanently. Halloween is a 100% apolitical holiday, an American hodgepodge of Pagan & Mexican traditions into one night of spooky skeletons and sweet treats. It fucking owns bones. But it's also inherently limited, falling on a school night literally 71% of the time. So why not adopt Thanksgiving rules, and just permanently set it on the last Saturday? Adults already celebrate Halloween for basically the entire month of October - this mostly just benefits kids who really only have one night for Trick or Treating.
Shit, why not do this for ALL holidays - provided they're not attached to a specific date for very obvious religious reasons. Holidays are an inherently made up concept - why not make them up in a way that benefits the most people?
Let's Move Halloween
It's wierd, because the motives of this idea are pretty hollowly capitalist - it's by an agency that represents costume companies, and a Saturday Halloween means more costume sales. It also pushes the false narrative that Halloween is inherently unsafe, and that's also pretty shitty.
Yet I cannot think of a single reason not to adopt this change permanently. Halloween is a 100% apolitical holiday, an American hodgepodge of Pagan & Mexican traditions into one night of spooky skeletons and sweet treats. It fucking owns bones. But it's also inherently limited, falling on a school night literally 71% of the time. So why not adopt Thanksgiving rules, and just permanently set it on the last Saturday? Adults already celebrate Halloween for basically the entire month of October - this mostly just benefits kids who really only have one night for Trick or Treating.
Shit, why not do this for ALL holidays - provided they're not attached to a specific date for very obvious religious reasons. Holidays are an inherently made up concept - why not make them up in a way that benefits the most people?
